Breaking Gravity
Autor Mitty Walters Prefață de Al Letson Editat de David Gatewooden Limba Engleză Paperback
When Dale Adams, a business student in Atlanta, stumbles across the key to solving this mystery, he doesn't realize the magnitude of the breakthrough. Instead, he uses his discovery of a new principle of physics like a cheap parlor trick by creating a floating toy. But when he pitches his ZG Board-a "Zero Gravity" hoverboard-before investors as part of a class project, there are those in the room who immediately recognize the true potential of this new technology.
As powerful forces vie to get their hands on Dale's discovery, Dale's life quickly descends into a nightmare of violence and intrigue. Instead of savoring the last weeks of college and coasting toward graduation, Dale finds himself running for his life.
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It was just a hoverboard. Nobody was supposed to die.
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A serendipitous discovery, a hoverboard, greedy suits, violent skinheads, and a beautiful girl... what more could you want?
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780692239711
ISBN-10: 0692239715
Pagini: 214
Dimensiuni: 127 x 203 x 11 mm
Greutate: 0.2 kg
Editura: Mobetter Productions, Inc.
ISBN-10: 0692239715
Pagini: 214
Dimensiuni: 127 x 203 x 11 mm
Greutate: 0.2 kg
Editura: Mobetter Productions, Inc.
Notă biografică
Yes, Mitty Walters is a pen name. It's a tribute to the classic, not the recent. When I read that story, I was a homeless teenager who was never sure where he would be sleeping the next night. I had an instant connection with Walter Mitty. But I always felt like his dark reflection. Walter's wild fantasy life helped him to escape his boring reality. But my fantasy was just to have a boring reality.
Too bleak? Fine.
The truth is I joined the Merchant Marines when I was fifteen. When they asked for ID, I gave them my dead cousin's birth certificate. Next thing I knew I was on a bus headed to Savannah. When I hopped my first freighter, my heart was filled with all kind of romantic notions. But three straight days of puking cajoled me back to reality. I didn't set foot on land for another four months.
The Merchant Marine is not some mysterious gateway to adventure for young lads. It's just work, sweat, and misery. I didn't get marooned on any island, didn't rescue any damsels in distress. I just toiled away pointlessly. The most adventure I had was getting arrested in Thailand with a bunch of drunken idiots that I didn't even know. I learned to speak a little Cantonese while I was in there, though. I wasted away for a eighteen months, until the riots began.
Crap. Too bleak again?
Look. You can be honest. You don't care who I am. You just want to go on wild ride. I'm cool with that. Let's do dis, yo. Just pick up the book and let's bounce.