Genocide of One: A Thriller
Autor Kazuaki Takano Traducere de Philip Gabrielen Limba Engleză Hardback – dec 2014
During
a
briefing
in
Washington
D.C.,
the
President
is
informed
of
a
threat
to
national
security:
a
three-year-old
boy
named
Akili,
who
is
already
the
smartest
being
on
the
planet.
Representing
the
next
step
in
human
evolution,
Akili
can
perceive
patterns
and
predict
future
events
better
than
most
supercomputers,
and
is
capable
of
manipulating
grand-scale
events
like
pieces
on
a
chess
board.
And
yet,
for
all
that
power,
Akili
has
the
emotional
maturity
of
a
child--which
might
make
him
the
most
dangerous
threat
humanity
has
ever
faced.
An
American
soldier,
Jonathan
Yeager,
leads
an
international
team
of
elite
operatives
deep
into
the
heart
of
the
Congolese
jungle
under
Presidential
orders
to
destroy
this
threat
to
humanity
before
Akili's
full
potential
can
be
realized.
But
Yeager
has
a
very
sick
child,
and
Akili's
advanced
knowledge
of
all
things,
medicine
included,
may
be
Yeager's
only
hope
for
saving
his
son's
life.
Soon
Yeager
finds
himself
caught
between
following
his
orders
and
saving
a
creature
with
a
hidden
agenda,
who
plans
to
either
save
humanity
as
we
know
it--or
destroy
it.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780316226226
ISBN-10: 031622622X
Pagini: 512
Dimensiuni: 159 x 241 x 41 mm
Greutate: 0.73 kg
Editura: Little, Brown and Company
Colecția Mulholland Books
ISBN-10: 031622622X
Pagini: 512
Dimensiuni: 159 x 241 x 41 mm
Greutate: 0.73 kg
Editura: Little, Brown and Company
Colecția Mulholland Books
Notă biografică
Kazuaki
Takanostudied
Film
Studies
at
Los
Angeles
City
College
and
has
worked
for
many
years
as
a
scriptwriter
in
Japan.Genocide
of
Oneis
his
first
novel
to
be
translated
into
English.
Recenzii
"Richly
researched,
shockingly
violent,
and
smoothly
translated"—Financial
Times
"Smart, fast-paced and surprising . . .Genocide of Onepivots on the idea of an evolved superhuman, but uses that as a springboard to examine the boundaries of our own emotions and morals. . . . A thoughtful novel that asks some big questions [and] also a delightfully complex work of suspense fiction that keeps readers guessing. There are loads of large-scale secrets to be worked out--some highly personal, others that will affect the future of humanity--and figuring out how, who's really who and how these globally based individuals all connect into the whole is all part of the fun."—Catherine Mallette,Fort Worth Star-Telegram
"Michael Crichton fans will welcome Takano's exceptional thriller."—Publishers Weekly (starred)
"Takano's action will appeal to Clancy-philes"—Kirkus Reviews
"Smart, fast-paced and surprising . . .Genocide of Onepivots on the idea of an evolved superhuman, but uses that as a springboard to examine the boundaries of our own emotions and morals. . . . A thoughtful novel that asks some big questions [and] also a delightfully complex work of suspense fiction that keeps readers guessing. There are loads of large-scale secrets to be worked out--some highly personal, others that will affect the future of humanity--and figuring out how, who's really who and how these globally based individuals all connect into the whole is all part of the fun."—Catherine Mallette,Fort Worth Star-Telegram
"Michael Crichton fans will welcome Takano's exceptional thriller."—Publishers Weekly (starred)
"This
is
an
exciting
thriller,
drawing
us
in.
.
.
.
The
translation,
by
Philip
Gabriel,
is
fluid
and
compelling."
—Booklist"Takano's action will appeal to Clancy-philes"—Kirkus Reviews