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Cold Storage

Autor David Koepp
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 3 sep 2019

Ce facem când soluția salvatoare de acum câteva decenii devine condamnarea noastră de astăzi? Roberto Diaz a crezut că a îngropat pericolul. S-a înșelat. Un organism mutagen, descoperit în timpul unei misiuni de antiterorism biochimic, a evadat din izolarea subterană. Timpul nu mai are răbdare. Notăm cu interes cum David Koepp, mintea din spatele scenariului Jurassic Park, transferă tensiunea de pe marele ecran direct în paginile acestui roman. Ritmul este frenetic. Structura narativă comprimă evenimentele într-o singură noapte de coșmar. Considerăm că forța cărții rezidă în contrastul dintre miza apocaliptică și echipa improvizată: un agent veteran, un fost deținut și o mamă singură. Ei sunt ultima barieră în calea extincției. Cold Storage amintește de Outbreak de Frank Gardner prin amenințarea biologică iminentă și atmosfera de criză globală, dar se diferențiază prin umorul negru și accentul pus pe latura umană, imperfectă, a salvatorilor de ocazie. Nu există eroi clasici aici. Doar frică, noroc și o cursă contracronometru prin subsolurile uitate ale armatei. Credem că este un thriller politic și biologic care nu lasă spațiu de respirație.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780062944863
ISBN-10: 006294486X
Pagini: 432
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 30 mm
Greutate: 0.39 kg
Ediția:Text mare
Editura: Harpercollins

De ce să citești această carte

Recomandăm Cold Storage cititorilor care caută un thriller biologic cu un ritm cinematografic. Dacă v-au plăcut situațiile limită din scrierile lui Andy Weir, veți aprecia modul în care David Koepp combină știința cu suspansul pur. Este o lectură intensă despre responsabilitate și supraviețuire, ideală pentru cei care vor o poveste captivantă ce poate fi parcursă rapid, dar care lasă întrebări serioase despre siguranța biochimică.


Despre autor

David Koepp este unul dintre cei mai prolifici și de succes scenariști de la Hollywood, cunoscut pentru scrierea unor succese colosale precum Jurassic Park, Mission: Impossible și Spider-Man. Experiența sa în construirea tensiunii și a dialogului alert se reflectă clar în debutul său literar, Cold Storage. Abilitatea sa de a vizualiza scene de acțiune complexe și de a crea personaje memorabile sub presiune l-a transformat într-o voce importantă în ficțiunea de suspans contemporană, aducând rigoarea structurii de film în literatura de gen.


Descriere scurtă

"On every level, Cold Storage is pure, unadulterated entertainment." —Douglas Preston, The New York Times Book Review
For fans of The MartianDark Matter, and Before the Fall comes an astonishing debut thriller by the screenwriter of Jurassic Park: a wild and terrifying bioterrorism adventure about three strangers who must work together to contain a highly contagious, deadly organism that could destroy all of humanity.
They thought it was contained. They were wrong.
When Pentagon bioterror operative Roberto Diaz was sent to investigate a suspected biochemical attack, he found something far worse: a highly mutative organism capable of extinction-level destruction. He contained it and buried it in cold storage deep beneath a little-used military repository.
Now, after decades of festering in a forgotten sub-basement, the specimen has found its way out and is on a lethal feeding frenzy.  Only Diaz knows how to stop it.
He races across the country to help two unwitting security guards—one an ex-con, the other a single mother.  Over one harrowing night, the unlikely trio must figure out how to quarantine this horror again.  All they have is luck, fearlessness, and a mordant sense of humor.  Will that be enough to save all of humanity?

Recenzii

“[Koepp] writes well, he has a wicked sense of humor and his characters are so keenly, intelligently and even movingly drawn. . . . On every level, Cold Storage is pure, unadulterated entertainment.” — A.J. Jacobs, New York Times bestselling author of The Know-It-All
“Engaging. . . . Koepp recognizes that this is all pretty zany and imbues the novel with a mordant sense of humor, which gives Cold Storage a welcome vibrancy and lightness.” — USA Today
“The story line in Cold Storage invokes classic horror films. . . . It’s scary, and a great deal of fun.” — Associated Press
“Koepp delivers a story worthy of Michael Crichton.” — Entertainment Weekly
“It has all the hallmarks of a thriller destined for Hollywood.” — Polygon
“A thriller of breakneck speed, Cold Storage will be an engaging read that fans of Blake Crouch’s Dark Matter could devour in one sitting.” — Ars Technica
“Chilling. . . . Propulsive. . . . Koepp is skilled at sharp, often humorous dialogue. . . . [A] taut, mordant thriller debut.” — Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
“A terrific thriller: ambitious, audacious, gory, scary, flamboyant, and funny. . . . [Koepp makes] a seamless, massively effective transition from the visual medium to the literary. The book doesn’t read like a modestly beefed-up pitch for a movie; it’s a rich, textured, and downright impossible-to-put-down story.” — Booklist (starred review)
“A sensational SF thriller. . . . Breakneck pacing and nonstop action. . . . Michael Crichton fans won’t want to miss this one.” — Publishers Weekly
Cold Storage is The Andromeda Strain on crack: chilling end-of-the-world terror infected with wicked humor. Koepp pulls it off with style. When the real apocalypse arrives, may it be even half as funny as this.” — Barron's
“An ultra-flammable combination of science-based horror, primal nightmare-level terror, and unrelenting action, cunningly tied together by indelible characters and a satisfyingly sly, knowing sense of humor.” — Steven Heller, Imprint
To be simultaneously terrifying and hilarious is a masterstroke few writers can pull off, but Koepp manages in this incredible fiction debut that calls to mind a beautiful hybrid of Michael Crichton and Carl Hiaasen. Cold Storage is sheer thrillery goodness, and riotously entertaining. — Blake Crouch, New York Times bestselling author of Dark Matter
“A thrilling, funny, and unexpectedly moving joy ride.” — Scott Smith, New York Times bestselling author of A Simple Plan and The Ruins
You might as well put your plans on ice for the next twenty-four hours, as all you’ll be doing is reading this book.  The very definition of ‘thriller,’ David Koepp’s Cold Storage grabs you and shakes you and ultimately leaves you grinning. —  Neal Pollack, author of Alternadad

Notă biografică

David Koepp is a celebrated American screenwriter who's written more than two dozen feature films in a wide variety of genres, including the first two Jurassic Park films, Death Becomes Her, Carlito's Way, The Paper, Mission: Impossible, Spider-Man, Panic Room, War of the Worlds, Angels and Demons, Inferno, and Kimi. Some of the films he's both written and directed are Stir of Echoes, Secret Window, Ghost Town, and Premium Rush, the latter two co-written with John Kamps. Koepp is also the author of the novel Cold Storage.

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'When the real apocalypse arrives, may it be even half as funny as this' Linwood Barclay 'Pure, unadulterated entertainment' New York Times 'A gripping, fast-paced outbreak thriller' Sci-Fi Now 'You'll be grinning and gagging in equal measure' SFX