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Quest de Nelson DeMille

Quest

Autor Nelson DeMille
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 24 iun 2014

Patruzeci de ani. Atât a durat întunericul pentru preotul catolic închis într-o temniță etiopiană, a cărui singură vină a fost posesia unui secret care poate zgudui creștinătatea: locația reală a Sfântului Graal. Ne-a atras atenția forța cu care Nelson DeMille transformă o evadare accidentală, cauzată de un proiectil de mortier, într-o cursă contracronometru prin inima războiului civil. Reținem tensiunea brută a momentului în care preotul, fragil și rănit, întâlnește trei occidentali — doi jurnaliști și o fotografă — ale căror ambiții profesionale se transformă rapid într-o obsesie mistică. Stilul are ceva din proza lui Chloe M. Palov, fără să fie o imitație — acolo unde The Templar's Quest mizează pe conspirații de tip Indiana Jones, The Quest se ancorează în realismul violent al unui conflict militar real, oferind o perspectivă mult mai viscerală asupra supraviețuirii. Subliniem faptul că acest roman reprezintă o „reinvenție” a primei sale lucrări majore; autorul a dublat dimensiunea textului original din 1975, aducându-l la standardele de complexitate ale operelor sale recente, precum The Maze sau The Deserter. Dacă în seria John Corey umorul acid era motorul narativ, aici DeMille lasă locul unei aventuri epice unde miza este divină, iar inamicii — de la asasini plătiți la călugări fanatici — sunt de o cruzime absolută. Ritmul este alert, capitolele pulsează de urgența unei vânători în care credința și supraviețuirea devin inseparabile.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781455503162
ISBN-10: 1455503169
Pagini: 464
Dimensiuni: 131 x 203 x 35 mm
Greutate: 0.38 kg
Editura: Hachette Book Group

De ce să citești această carte

Recomandăm această carte cititorilor care caută un thriller istoric cu miză religioasă, dar ancorat în realitatea dură a unui teatru de război. Veți câștiga o perspectivă fascinantă asupra mitului Graalului, filtrată prin experiența de luptător decorat a lui Nelson DeMille. Este o lectură densă, de peste 500 de pagini, care îmbină suspansul geopolitic cu misterul arheologic, ideală pentru fanii lui Dan Brown care doresc mai multă acțiune militară.

Despre autor

Nelson DeMille este un autor american de succes, recunoscut la nivel internațional pentru romanele sale de acțiune și suspans, printre care se numără Plum Island și The Charm School. Veteran al armatei SUA, decorat pentru acțiunile sale în luptă, DeMille aduce o autenticitate rară descrierilor tactice și atmosferei de conflict. Este membru Mensa și a fost onorat în 2015 cu titlul de „Thriller Master of the Year” de către International Thriller Writers. Opera sa, care include și colaborări recente cu fiul său, Alex DeMille, se distinge prin personaje puternice și o documentare riguroasă a contextelor politice și istorice.

Descriere scurtă

AUTHOR'S NOTE:

An earlier, shorter version of The Quest was published in paperback in 1975.
In 2013, I rewrote The Quest and doubled its length, making it, I hope, a far better story than the original, without deviating from the elements that made the story so powerful and compelling when I first wrote it. In other words, what made The Quest worth rewriting remains, and whatever is changed is for the better.

I was happy and excited to have this opportunity to rewrite and republish what I consider my first "big" novel, and I hope you enjoy it as much as I did when I first wrote it.

BOOK DESCRIPTION:

A sweeping adventure that's equal parts thriller and love story, Nelson DeMille's newest novel takes the reader from the war torn jungles of Ethiopia to the magical city of Rome.

While the Ethiopian Civil War rages, a Catholic priest languishes in prison. Forty years have passed since he last saw daylight. His crime? Claiming to know the true location of Christ's cup from the Last Supper. Then the miraculous happens - a mortar strikes the prison and he is free!

Old, frail, and injured, he escapes to the jungle, where he encounters two Western journalists and a beautiful freelance photographer taking refuge from the carnage. As they tend to his wounds, he relates his incredible story.

Motivated by the sensational tale and their desire to find the location of the holiest of relics, the trio agrees to search for the Grail.

Thus begins an impossible quest that will pit them against murderous tribes, deadly assassins, fanatical monks, and the passions of their own hearts.

THE QUEST is suspenseful, romantic, and filled with heart-pounding action. Nelson DeMille is at the top of his game as he masterfully interprets one of history's greatest mysteries.

Notă biografică

Nelson DeMille is a former U.S. Army lieutenant who served in Vietnam and is the author of nineteen acclaimed novels, including the #1 New York Times bestsellers Night Fall, Plum Island, The Gate House, The Lion, The Panther and Radiant Angel. His other New York Times bestsellers include The Charm School, Word of Honor, The Gold Coast, Spencerville, The Lion's Game, Up Country, Wild Fire, and The General's Daughter, the last of which was a major motion picture. For more information, you can visit NelsonDeMille.net.

Recenzii

Nelson DeMille wrote THE QUEST nearly 40 years ago. It has been fully rewritten, showcasing this masterful author's historical knowledge, understanding of the human psyche, and matchless entertainment skills. The novel crosses genres with its spiritualism, wit, adventure and romance, not to mention gripping action. Full of DeMille's characteristic --- and unparalleled --- humor and intelligence, THE QUEST delivers. Boy, does it deliver.

—Bookreporter.com
Nelson DeMille is at the absolute peak of his powers in "The Quest" (Center Street, 464 pages, $26) an epic tale that's broad in both scope and vision, harkening back to his earlier masterworks such as "The Charm School" and "By the Rivers of Babylon" as it brings the action in Africa of the mid-1970s. That's where an old priest named Father Armando emerges from a bombed-out prison after decades in captivity with the location of nothing less than the Holy Grail tucked in his mind.

From there, staged against the backdrop of the endless Ethiopian civil war, the quest of the title begins in search of it, undertaken by a trio of intrepid journalists (well, two plus a photographer), including the hard-bitten and hard-driving Frank Purcell, who's standing in for DeMille's redoubtable John Corey this time out. Purcell becomes our Robert Langdon as the book takes on the texture and feel of Dan Brown at his level best, chock full of mysticism, murderous monks, deadly assassins, and vengeful natives all on a quest to either find the Grail or make sure its secrets remain hidden forever.

This is adventure on the grandest of scales and richest of tapestries, Wilbur Smith and Fredrick Forsythe rolled into one with some Indian Jones tossed in for good measure. A masterpiece fashioned by a storyteller who simply has no rival.
—Providence Sunday Journal

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Mankind's greatest mystery lies in wait...

Civil war rages in Ethiopia. A priest waits to die in a parched prison cell; he has not seen daylight for four decades. But then a mortar shell hits the compound, and the prisoner and his secret are free.

Two reporters and a beautiful photographer save this wounded man, who tells them something too incredible to believe: the location of the Holy Grail. Thus begins an impossible quest that will pit them against murderous tribes, deadly assassins, fanatical monks, and ultimately, themselves.

The Quest is a breakneck search for an ancient legend amid a dangerous jungle war - and no one's coming out unscathed.