Carry the Flame
Autor James Jarosen Limba Engleză Paperback – 30 iul 2012
—Marcus Pelegrimas, author of the Skinners series
“Intense, amazing….A superb, brilliant thriller.”
—Bill Evans, author of Category 7
James Jaros envisions a world ruined beyond our darkest imaginings—an Earth devastated by plague and environmental collapse—and offers a gripping tale of survival and sacrifice after the apocalypse. His extraordinary Carry the Flame continues where his acclaimed Burn the Sky left off, as a ragged band of survivors—including a mother and her two daughters—flee the brutal soldiers of a bloodthirsty religious cult, only to fall captive to a mad despot who rules with fear and monsters in a nightmare city in the wasteland. Jaros, a nom de plume of acclaimed thriller author and four-time Emmy Award-winning investigative reporter Mark Nykanen, has created an extraordinary post-apocalyptic novel that combines the visceral thrills of Mad Max with the chilling insights of Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale and Oryx and Crake. Carry the Flame is a powerful vision of a dystopian future on a par with Cormac McCarthy’s The Road and Stephen King’s acclaimed classic, The Stand.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780062016317
ISBN-10: 0062016318
Pagini: 416
Dimensiuni: 106 x 171 x 26 mm
Greutate: 0.2 kg
Editura: HarperCollins Publishers
Colecția HarperVoyager
ISBN-10: 0062016318
Pagini: 416
Dimensiuni: 106 x 171 x 26 mm
Greutate: 0.2 kg
Editura: HarperCollins Publishers
Colecția HarperVoyager
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Tomorrow's world is a wasteland, decimated by vengeful nature and disease . . .
And those who rule the ruins worship a cruel and terrible god.
Having survived the terror of the Alliance and the single-minded fanaticism of its hideous religion, a caravan of survivors moves quickly into the Great American Desert, the wastes of what once was America's heartland. With her daughters at her side—recently rescued Ananda and her daring older sister, Bliss—Jessie hopes to find sanctuary in the Arctic, now rumored to be temperate. But their enemies are powerful and relentless, and will not rest until they possess the caravan's most precious treasures: their prepubescent female children, a stolen tanker filled with fuel . . . and a pair of frightened twins, whom the Army of God calls "demon."
But the danger in pursuit pales before the horror that lies ahead when Jessie, the marauder-turned-ally Burned Fingers, and the innocents in their care face the savagery, the madness, and the monsters that dwell in the terrifying City of Shade.
And those who rule the ruins worship a cruel and terrible god.
Having survived the terror of the Alliance and the single-minded fanaticism of its hideous religion, a caravan of survivors moves quickly into the Great American Desert, the wastes of what once was America's heartland. With her daughters at her side—recently rescued Ananda and her daring older sister, Bliss—Jessie hopes to find sanctuary in the Arctic, now rumored to be temperate. But their enemies are powerful and relentless, and will not rest until they possess the caravan's most precious treasures: their prepubescent female children, a stolen tanker filled with fuel . . . and a pair of frightened twins, whom the Army of God calls "demon."
But the danger in pursuit pales before the horror that lies ahead when Jessie, the marauder-turned-ally Burned Fingers, and the innocents in their care face the savagery, the madness, and the monsters that dwell in the terrifying City of Shade.
Recenzii
“Gutsy...quirky characters and nonstop action....Tense, terse prose suits the setting and carries the story nimbly along.” — Publishers Weekly on Carry the Flame
“Carry the Flame is the fight for hope and a better future. It is the rejection of a life of darkness, a life of fear. Last, Jaros’ The City of Shade makes Woodbury (the infamous town in The Walking Dead) look like summer camp.” — Amanda Makepeace, Imagination Run Amok on Carry the Flame
“Stunning...Before you pick up this book, pack a survival kit, you’re not going anywhere until it’s done.” — The Big Chill, the International Thriller Writers magazine the International Thriller Writers magazine the International Thriller Writers magazine The Big Chill, International Thriller Writers magazine
“Takes the idea of the post-apocalyptic men’s adventure tale and turns it on its head, with the simple idea that it focuses on female leads...Jaros’s characters are not two-dimensional stereotypes or caricatures...With truly stand-out moments, BURN DOWN THE SKY never falters.” — Bruce Grossman of Bookgasm.com
“Utterly compelling...The language is powerful and evocative, and it moves at a rapid clip start to finish. I give Burn Down the Sky a big thumb’s-up.” — Suzanne Johnson, Preturnatura
“BURN DOWN THE SKY is one of those books I could not stop reading...Thinking about it, even now, makes my heart pound.” — Amanda Makepeace, Imagination Run Amok
“Jaros has crafted such a vividly ravaged world that I could almost feel the grit on my fingers as I turned each page. And I couldn’t stop turning them!” — Marcus Pelegrimas, author of the Skinners series
“James Jaros does a phenomenal job with world building in BURN DOWN THE SKY...an edgy, dark thriller that keeps the reader engaged from the very first page. The action is relentless and adds to the tension.” — Debbie Wiley Book Reviews
“BURN DOWN THE SKY is an intense, amazing, post-apocalyptic tale of unleashed terror and undying hope. This is gifted writing, and a superb, brilliant thriller.” — Marcus Pelegrimas, author of the Skinners series
“Burn Down the Sky blends science fiction and thriller genres but I’d call it one of more the literate novels I’ve read in 2011.” — from the International Thriller Writers' Interview
“This grim fascinating futuristic thriller extrapolates present global trends to make a case that the reckoning point of no return for planet earth is soon...readers will appreciate James Jaros’ bleak cautionary tale as Sager and Evans sang in 2525, “...Now man’s reign is through.” — Harriet Klausner, Genre Go Round Reviews
“Never before have I read such a vivid, intense novel as Burn Down the Sky.” — Black Lagoon Reviews
“Writing as James Jaros, Mark Nykanen tells a thoroughly engrossing tale...The author has incredibly poetic prose that keeps the reader going.” — Angela Wilson, authorsandappetizers.com
“BURN DOWN THE SKY is an intense, amazing, post-apocalyptic tale of unleashed terror and undying hope. This is gifted writing, and a superb, brilliant thriller.” — Bill Evans, New York Times bestselling author of Category 7
“This gripping tale immediately ushers us into an all-too-plausible post apocalyptic world. It’s Children of Men meets The Handmaid’s Tale - with The Road Warrior to rev up the high octane plot.” — Mark Feldstein, author of Poisoning the Press
“Carry the Flame is the fight for hope and a better future. It is the rejection of a life of darkness, a life of fear. Last, Jaros’ The City of Shade makes Woodbury (the infamous town in The Walking Dead) look like summer camp.” — Amanda Makepeace, Imagination Run Amok on Carry the Flame
“Stunning...Before you pick up this book, pack a survival kit, you’re not going anywhere until it’s done.” — The Big Chill, the International Thriller Writers magazine the International Thriller Writers magazine the International Thriller Writers magazine The Big Chill, International Thriller Writers magazine
“Takes the idea of the post-apocalyptic men’s adventure tale and turns it on its head, with the simple idea that it focuses on female leads...Jaros’s characters are not two-dimensional stereotypes or caricatures...With truly stand-out moments, BURN DOWN THE SKY never falters.” — Bruce Grossman of Bookgasm.com
“Utterly compelling...The language is powerful and evocative, and it moves at a rapid clip start to finish. I give Burn Down the Sky a big thumb’s-up.” — Suzanne Johnson, Preturnatura
“BURN DOWN THE SKY is one of those books I could not stop reading...Thinking about it, even now, makes my heart pound.” — Amanda Makepeace, Imagination Run Amok
“Jaros has crafted such a vividly ravaged world that I could almost feel the grit on my fingers as I turned each page. And I couldn’t stop turning them!” — Marcus Pelegrimas, author of the Skinners series
“James Jaros does a phenomenal job with world building in BURN DOWN THE SKY...an edgy, dark thriller that keeps the reader engaged from the very first page. The action is relentless and adds to the tension.” — Debbie Wiley Book Reviews
“BURN DOWN THE SKY is an intense, amazing, post-apocalyptic tale of unleashed terror and undying hope. This is gifted writing, and a superb, brilliant thriller.” — Marcus Pelegrimas, author of the Skinners series
“Burn Down the Sky blends science fiction and thriller genres but I’d call it one of more the literate novels I’ve read in 2011.” — from the International Thriller Writers' Interview
“This grim fascinating futuristic thriller extrapolates present global trends to make a case that the reckoning point of no return for planet earth is soon...readers will appreciate James Jaros’ bleak cautionary tale as Sager and Evans sang in 2525, “...Now man’s reign is through.” — Harriet Klausner, Genre Go Round Reviews
“Never before have I read such a vivid, intense novel as Burn Down the Sky.” — Black Lagoon Reviews
“Writing as James Jaros, Mark Nykanen tells a thoroughly engrossing tale...The author has incredibly poetic prose that keeps the reader going.” — Angela Wilson, authorsandappetizers.com
“BURN DOWN THE SKY is an intense, amazing, post-apocalyptic tale of unleashed terror and undying hope. This is gifted writing, and a superb, brilliant thriller.” — Bill Evans, New York Times bestselling author of Category 7
“This gripping tale immediately ushers us into an all-too-plausible post apocalyptic world. It’s Children of Men meets The Handmaid’s Tale - with The Road Warrior to rev up the high octane plot.” — Mark Feldstein, author of Poisoning the Press
Notă biografică
James Jaros is the pen name of the widely praised thriller author Mark Nykanen, the four-time Emmy winning investigative reporter whose internationally best-selling books have been praised by critics as "irresistible," "vivid and emotional," "nerve-wracking," and "furiously paced." Europe's largest newspaper hailed him as "The new master of the psycho-sexual thriller" for his dark psychological tales. Now, as James Jaros, he sweeps readers into a post-apocalyptic world as real as it is horrifying.
Jaros blogs at "Postings from the Post-Apocalypse."