Written by: Ryan the Admin at 4:41 pm
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John Twelve Hawks, known for his New York Times bestseller, The Traveler, returns with a sequel that will be released on July 10. The Dark River uses popular culture, current events, and literary touchstones to create what critics have deemed, a cyber 1984.
Literary Illusions was lucky enough to gain copies for review and giveaway. Please see our contest section for details on the contest and how to win your own first edition copy of The Dark River. We have already begun reading this for the review and our reviewer was hooked from page one and still going strong. You won’t want to miss reading this one!
Synopsis:
A frantic race to save a long-lost Traveler. An epic battle for freedom. Two brothers whose power puts them on a collision course . . .with each other.
In The Traveler, John Twelve Hawks introduced readers to a dangerous world inspired by the modern technology that monitors our lives. Under constant surveillance of the ‘Vast Machine,’ a sophisticated computer network run by a ruthless group, society is mostly unaware of its own imprisonment.
Gabriel and Michael Corrigan, brothers who were raised “off the grid,” have recently learned they are Travelers like their long-lost father- part of a centuries-old line of prophets able to journey to different realms of consciousness and enlighten the world to resist being controlled. But power affects the brothers differently. As The Traveler ends, Gabriel hesitates under the weight of responsibility. Michael seizes the opportunity-and joins the enemy.
THE DARK RIVER opens in New York City with a stunning piece of news. Gabriel’s father, who has been missing for nearly twenty years, may still be alive and trapped somewhere in Europe. Gabriel and his Harlequin protector, Maya, immediately mobilize to escape New York and find the long-lost Traveler. Simultaneously, Michael orders the Brethren-the ruthless group that has been hunting Gabriel-into a full-scale search.
Gabriel yearns to find his father to protect him; Michael aims to destroy the man whose existence threatens his newfound power. The race moves from the underground tunnels of New York and London to ruins hidden beneath Rome and Berlin, to a remote region of Africa that is rumored to harbor one of history’s greatest treasures. And as the story moves toward its chilling conclusion, Maya must decide if she will trade everything to rescue Gabriel.
A mesmerizing return to the places and people so richly portrayed in The Traveler, THE DARK RIVER is propelled by edge-of-the-seat suspense and haunted by a vision of a world where both hope and freedom are about to disappear.
For more information on John Twelve Hawks and his novels you can visit his website. In addition to learning more about the novels you will have a chance to communicate with Hawks and his other fans.
The Official John Twelve Hawks Website
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Ryan is from California. He graduated from USC with a degree in English. In his free time, when he isn't working as a Literary Illusions gopher (er...editor) he enjoys writing short stories.
