Three Days to Never - Brossura

Powers, Tim

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0380798379 ISBN 13: 9780380798377

Casa editrice: HarperCollins, 2007

Riassunto

More than fifty years after Einstein makes a horrific scientific discovery, Frank Marrity and his young daughter, Daphne, visit the home of Frank's deceased grandmother, unaware that she had been the secret daughter of the legendary scientist, they are being monitored by the Mossad and an occult European cabal, and Daphne has in her possession the key to an ultimate secret weapon. Reprint.

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Recensione

“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)

L'autore

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.

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• Editore: HarperCollins
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0380798379
• ISBN 13: 9780380798377
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 405