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- Titre : Gene
- Auteur : Pavlou, Stel
- Langue : Anglais
- Format : Broché
- Nombre de pages : 448
- Genre : Fantasy
- Date de publication : 03-10-2005
- Édition : Simon & Schuster
- Poids : 0.225403919 kg
- Dimensions : 11.1 x 0.11 x 17.8 cm
- ISBN-10 : 0743403851
- ISBN-13 : 9780743403856
Résumé
Detective James North is called upon to deal with a young, mentally unstable man holding a child hostage at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art. When he arrives, he is disturbed to discover that - although the bad guy is a complete stranger - he's been asking for North by name. The hostage situation goes wrong, and North finds himself injected with a substance that causes hallucinatory nightmares and flashes of memory that are not his own. He begins to hunt through New York for his attacker, a man he feels inexplicably compelled to kill - a man called Gene. As he does so, North unlocks the secret of his past, a past that stretches back over 3000 years. GENE is the story of forgotten Greek warrior Cyclades who fought and died in the Trojan Wars, and was fated by the gods to be reincarnated seven times. Locked in a cycle of battle with the Babylonian Magi Athanatos, Cyclades must once again strive to defeat him and thwart his quest to achieve immortality. Cyclades and Athanatos. North and Gene. But in this incarnation, neither man knows which is which, or why each of them has the instinctive need to kill the other.
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'Pavlou's fast-paced storytelling really carried me along - a powerful read' ObserverWhen Detective James North is called urgently to a hostage scene at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art, he's surprised by two unusual things. Firstly, the hostage taker - a young man called Gene - is wielding a bronze-age sword like an expert warrior, keeping the NYPD at bay. Secondly, though they've never met, Gene is asking for North by name.All either man knows is that he has an instinctive need to kill the other.So begins North's search to discover his true history with Gene - a history that takes him far, far into his past and beyond, and a secret that men will kill for, a secret that stretches from twenty-first century New York to the Trojan Wars, a thousand years before Christ.This time though, both men know the cycle is coming to an end, and the secret could destroy them both.Praise for Stel Pavlou'It will satisfy anyone … Written by something who knows what they're talking about' Mail on Sunday'A fascinating blend of science, mythology, language and much more' Independent'Exhilaratingly imaginative' Sunday TimesBiographie de l'auteurStel Pavlou lives in Kent. He has worked in various jobs, received a degree in American Studies and written the script for the film THE 51ST STATE, starring Samuel L Jackson and Robert Carlyle. Visit www.stelpavlou.com
À propos de l'auteur
Pavlou, Stel
Stel Pavlou lives in Kent. He has worked in various jobs, received a degree in American Studies and written the script for the film THE 51ST STATE, starring Samuel L Jackson and Robert Carlyle. Visit www.stelpavlou.com
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