Overwatch
Autor Marc Guggenheimen Limba Engleză Hardback – 14 apr 2014
Alex Garnett has spent his life in the shadow of his father, a former Chief of Staff and Solicitor General to two presidents who's been responsible for getting Alex every job he ever had, including his latest: attorney for the CIA. However, a seemingly routine litigation leads to a series of unexpected events, including poison, kidnapping, torture and murder. As casualties pile up, it becomes clear Alex is the final target in someone's blood-soaked attempts to cover their tracks.
With the help of a neurotic hacker, Alex unravels a conspiracy older than the CIA itself. The trail of clues reveals the presence of unseen forces that are bringing this nation to the brink of war--and Alex's life is only one of many in danger.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780316212472
ISBN-10: 0316212474
Pagini: 304
Dimensiuni: 165 x 248 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.54 kg
Editura: Little, Brown and Company
Colecția Mulholland Books
ISBN-10: 0316212474
Pagini: 304
Dimensiuni: 165 x 248 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.54 kg
Editura: Little, Brown and Company
Colecția Mulholland Books
Notă biografică
Marc
Guggenheim
practiced
law
at
one
of
Boston's
most
prestigious
firms
before
leaving
to
pursue
his
dream
of
writing
for
television.
In
the
past
eleven
years,
he's
worked
on
such
highly
regarded
shows
asThe
Practice,
Law
&Order,Jack
&
Bobby,Brothers
&
SistersandFlash
Forward.
In
addition
to
television,
he
also
writes
comic
books
(Spider
Man,Wolverine,The
Flash),
videogames
(Call
of
Duty
3)
and
feature
films
(The
Green
Lantern).
He
is
currently
a
writer
for
the
hit
CW
showArrowand
lives
in
Los
Angeles
with
his
wife
and
two
daughters.
Recenzii
"Politically
savvy
.
.
.
This
is
a
spy
thriller
for
people
who
don't
ordinarily
like
spy
thrillers.
.
.
.
The
book
is
a
paranoid's
delight."—Mystery
Scene
"Overwatchdoesn't just bring together the legal and espionage genres. It merges family problems with professional ones, swirls in a major helping of murder and mayhem, and with a deft touch, reminds us why politics is--always--personal."—Brad Meltzer,author of The Fifth Assassin
"The best thriller writers are always storytellers first and Guggenheim is, quite simply, a terrific storyteller. Part legal thriller, part espionage page-turner... If you ever wanted to know what the marriage of Clancy and Grisham would look like, devourOverwatch."—Derek Haas,author of The Right Hand
"Over the years I've used many hyphenated adjectives to describe lawyers (i.e., "soul-sucking," "bottom-feeding"). Now, thanks to Marc Guggenheim's debut novel, I can add a new one to the list: "bad-ass."Overwatchis a brilliantly-paced novel with the brains of a legal thriller, the testosterone of an action movie, and white-hot paranoia of a 70s conspiracy flick. Not only is Alex Garnett one of my favorite new heroes, but Guggenheim has also created a seriously warped villain - frightening not only because of what he does, but because you get the sinking feeling he might be alive and working in D.C. right now."—Duane Swierczynski,author of Point & Shoot
"It's spy-vs.-lawyer in the tightly drawn thrillerOverwatch. Marc Guggenheim knows exactly which laws are broken by the nation's most secretive agencies: all of them. Insider detail, accelerating tension and the highest stakes possible make this novel impossible to put down."—Mike Cooper,author of Full Ratchet and Clawback
"Marc Guggenheim is a monster talent, able to go from TV to film to novels with an ease I envy, and the skill of a master storyteller."—Ed Brubaker,author of Fatale, Criminal, Captain America, and Sleeper
"Overwatchdoesn't just bring together the legal and espionage genres. It merges family problems with professional ones, swirls in a major helping of murder and mayhem, and with a deft touch, reminds us why politics is--always--personal."—Brad Meltzer,author of The Fifth Assassin
"The best thriller writers are always storytellers first and Guggenheim is, quite simply, a terrific storyteller. Part legal thriller, part espionage page-turner... If you ever wanted to know what the marriage of Clancy and Grisham would look like, devourOverwatch."—Derek Haas,author of The Right Hand
"Over the years I've used many hyphenated adjectives to describe lawyers (i.e., "soul-sucking," "bottom-feeding"). Now, thanks to Marc Guggenheim's debut novel, I can add a new one to the list: "bad-ass."Overwatchis a brilliantly-paced novel with the brains of a legal thriller, the testosterone of an action movie, and white-hot paranoia of a 70s conspiracy flick. Not only is Alex Garnett one of my favorite new heroes, but Guggenheim has also created a seriously warped villain - frightening not only because of what he does, but because you get the sinking feeling he might be alive and working in D.C. right now."—Duane Swierczynski,author of Point & Shoot
"Alex
Garnett
is
the
perfect
contemporary
'stranger
in
a
stranger
land'--a
good
man
trying
to
maintain
a
dignified
perspective
within
the
moralistic
marshes
of
Washington
DC.
And
now
he's
also
stumbled
upon
what
he
believes
to
be
a
substrata
of
lawlessness
that
makes
the
Old
West
look
like
an
afternoon
tea
party.
With
a
magnificent
interweaving
of
law,
history,
and
good
ol'
knife's-edge
suspense,
Guggenheim
spins
out
a
gem
withOverwatch."
—Wil
Mara,author
of
Frame
232
and
The
Gemini
Virus
"It's spy-vs.-lawyer in the tightly drawn thrillerOverwatch. Marc Guggenheim knows exactly which laws are broken by the nation's most secretive agencies: all of them. Insider detail, accelerating tension and the highest stakes possible make this novel impossible to put down."—Mike Cooper,author of Full Ratchet and Clawback
"Marc Guggenheim is a monster talent, able to go from TV to film to novels with an ease I envy, and the skill of a master storyteller."—Ed Brubaker,author of Fatale, Criminal, Captain America, and Sleeper