The Golden City
the cult sci-fi trilogy that has come true
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4.0 • 40 Ratings
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Publisher Description
Hawks wrote this as a work of fiction, but his world is now uncomfortably close to reality. This is a novel that will captivate as much as it will provoke, from the elusive Sunday Times bestselling author John Twelve Hawks, for fans of Scott Mariani, Philip K. Dick and Michael Connolly.
'Take some Orwellian undertones, add a dash of Philip Pullman and sprinkle with a few lines of Dan Brown.' - METRO
'A cyber 1984... Page-turningly swift, with a cliffhanger ending.' - New York Times
'Portrays a Big Brother with powers far beyond anything Orwell could imagine ... Political prophecy is rarely such fun.' - Washington Post
'A saga that's part A Wrinkle in Time, part The Matrix and part Kurosawa epic' - PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
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THE FUTURE IS NOW.
In a world that exists in the shadow of our own, the conflict between the Brethren and the Travellers reaches its devastating climax...
Struggling to protect the legacy of his Traveller father, Gabriel faces troubling questions and relentless threats from enemies old and new.
His brother Michael, now firmly allied with the sinister Brethren, pursues his ambition to wrest power from their leader, whatever it takes.
And Maya, the Harlequin warrior pledged to protect Gabriel at all costs, is forced to make a choice that will change her life forever...
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
The final volume in Hawks's fantasy thriller series, the Fourth Realm trilogy, brings to an end the struggle between the forces of evil, the Brethren-run empire known as the Tabula, and those of good the Travelers, Harlequins and other fighters of the Resistance. The first book, The Traveler, promised, and delivered, much; the second, The Dark River, was bleak and a bit of a disappointment. With the third, Hawks has returned, somewhat, to the excitement of the first, though those expecting a final, titanic battle to decide the fate of the world will come away frustrated. In the end, the action scenes are too few and too brief, and the explorations into the other Realms don't come to much of anything. Some fans might wish the author had spent less time on the easy-to-understand philosophical underpinnings (e.g., "freedom is the essence of our lives not surveillance and control") and more time on swinging swords. Newcomers should read the series in order.
Customer Reviews
Plagued
With errors on my ipad! Had to keep turning it round to get the missing pages to load!! The story is ok a bit of a let down to the other books.