Three Days to Never: A Novel
Autor Tim Powersen Limba Engleză Paperback – 18 feb 2013
A young tween and her college professor father must quickly unveil the mystery of a potential weapon more deadly than an atomic bomb or our world—past, present, and future will be destroyed.
In this edition that includes additional insights from the author, background material, suggestions for further reading. and more, Tim Powers offers readers a suspenseful, intricate plot with an captivating narrative that includes not only lessons in history and science, but on human nature, too.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780062221391
ISBN-10: 0062221396
Pagini: 432
Dimensiuni: 135 x 203 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.32 kg
Editura: HarperCollins Publishers
Colecția William Morrow Paperbacks
ISBN-10: 0062221396
Pagini: 432
Dimensiuni: 135 x 203 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.32 kg
Editura: HarperCollins Publishers
Colecția William Morrow Paperbacks
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Textul de pe ultima copertă
Albert Einstein's groundbreaking scientific discoveries made possible the creation of the most terrible weapon the world had ever known. But he made another discovery that he chose to reveal to no one—to keep from human hands a power that dwarfed the atomic bomb.
When twelve-year-old Daphne Marrity takes a videotape labeled Pee-Wee's Big Adventure from her recently deceased grandmother's house, neither she nor her college professor father, Frank, realize what they now have in their possession. In an instant they are thrust into the center of a world-altering conspiracy, drawing the dangerous attentions of both the Israeli Secret Service and an ancient European cabal of occultists. Now father and daughter have three days to learn the rules of a terrifying magical chess game in order to escape a fate more profound than death—because the Marritys hold the key to the ultimate destruction of not only what's to come . . . but what already has been.
When twelve-year-old Daphne Marrity takes a videotape labeled Pee-Wee's Big Adventure from her recently deceased grandmother's house, neither she nor her college professor father, Frank, realize what they now have in their possession. In an instant they are thrust into the center of a world-altering conspiracy, drawing the dangerous attentions of both the Israeli Secret Service and an ancient European cabal of occultists. Now father and daughter have three days to learn the rules of a terrifying magical chess game in order to escape a fate more profound than death—because the Marritys hold the key to the ultimate destruction of not only what's to come . . . but what already has been.
Recenzii
“Quirky, humorous and packed with suspense, THREE DAYS TO NEVER is a head-spinning thriller.” — St. Louis Post-Dispatch
“A wild and wooly romp-fun.” — Library Journal
“Machiavellian . . . [A]n astonishingly sophisticated and engrossing narrative.” — Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
“Top-notch ...[T]he ingenious plot...manages to be intricate without becoming convoluted, to its highly satisfying conclusion.” — Publishers Weekly
“[A] breathtaking achievement, the complexity of which a review can only begin to capture...[A] powerful work.” — Locus
“Moves at a frantic clip...[the] very outlandishness [of Powers’s metaphysics] makes the story all the more compelling.” — Booklist
“[An] intense, downhill-race of a story . . . the summer sleeper hit of 2006.” — Denver Post
“Grade: A . . . Combining historical fact, science-fiction and thriller pacing, THREE DAYS TO NEVER is worth the wait.” — Rocky Mountain News
“Brio, bravado and a salutary measure of lunacy . . . A postmodern work par excellence.” — Washington Post Book World
“[THREE DAYS TO NEVER] contains so many genuine pleasures...plenty of action, humor and unexpectedly touching human drama.” — San Francisco Chronicle
“A wild and wooly romp-fun.” — Library Journal
“Machiavellian . . . [A]n astonishingly sophisticated and engrossing narrative.” — Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
“Top-notch ...[T]he ingenious plot...manages to be intricate without becoming convoluted, to its highly satisfying conclusion.” — Publishers Weekly
“[A] breathtaking achievement, the complexity of which a review can only begin to capture...[A] powerful work.” — Locus
“Moves at a frantic clip...[the] very outlandishness [of Powers’s metaphysics] makes the story all the more compelling.” — Booklist
“[An] intense, downhill-race of a story . . . the summer sleeper hit of 2006.” — Denver Post
“Grade: A . . . Combining historical fact, science-fiction and thriller pacing, THREE DAYS TO NEVER is worth the wait.” — Rocky Mountain News
“Brio, bravado and a salutary measure of lunacy . . . A postmodern work par excellence.” — Washington Post Book World
“[THREE DAYS TO NEVER] contains so many genuine pleasures...plenty of action, humor and unexpectedly touching human drama.” — San Francisco Chronicle
Notă biografică
Tim Powers is the author of numerous novels including Hide Me Among the Graves, Three Days to Never, Declare, Last Call, and On Stranger Tides, which inspired the feature film Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. He has won the Philip K. Dick Memorial Award twice, and the World Fantasy Award three times. He lives in San Bernardino, California.