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The traveler : a novel

Twelve Hawks, John · New York : Doubleday, 2005

Publisher
New York : Doubleday, 2005
Physical description
456 pages
ISBN
038551428X
Dewey classification
813.6
Language
English

Summary

"Maya is hiding in plain sight in London. The twenty-six-year-old has abandoned the dangerous obligations pressed upon her by her father, and chosen instead to live a normal life. But Maya comes from a long line of people who call themselves Harlequins - a fierce group of warriors willing to sacrifice their lives to protect a select few known as Travelers." "Gabriel and Michael Corrigan are brothers living in Los Angeles. Since childhood, the young men have been shaped by stories that their late father was a Traveler, one of a small band of prophets who have vastly influenced the course of history. Travelers are able to attain pure enlightenment, and have for centuries ushered change into the world. Gabriel and Michael, who may have inherited their father's gifts, have always protected themselves by living "off the Grid" - that is, invisible to the real-life surveillance networks that monitor people in modern society." "Summoned by her ailing father, Maya is told of the existence of the brothers. The Corrigans are in severe danger, stalked by powerful men known as the Tabula - ruthless mercenaries who have hunted Travelers for generations. This group is determined to inflict order on the world by controlling it, and they view Travelers as an intolerable threat. As Maya races to California to protect the brothers, she is reluctantly pulled back into the cold and solitary Harlequin existence. A colossal battle looms - one that will reveal not only the identities of Gabriel and Michael Corrigan but also a secret history of our time." "Moving from the back alleys of Prague to the heart of Los Angeles, from the high deserts of Arizona to a guarded research facility in New York, The Traveler explores a parallel world that exists alongside our own."--BOOK JACKET

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FieldValue
001Control number18708
005Date and time of latest transaction21 Feb 2011, 09:25
008Fixed-length data elements041209s2005 nyu 000 1 eng
010Library of Congress control number2004065507
020International Standard Book Number (ISBN)038551428X
035System control number
  • (NNC)5396760
  • (OCoLC)ocm57352827
041Language codeeng
043Geographic area coden-us-ca
050Library of Congress call numberPS3620.W45 T94 2005
082Dewey Decimal call number813.6 Tra
100Main entry – personal nameTwelve Hawks, John.
245Title statementThe traveler : a novel / John Twelve Hawks.
250Edition statement1st ed.
260Publication, distribution, etc. (imprint)New York : Doubleday : 2005
300Physical description456 p. ; 24 cm.
520Summary, etc."Maya is hiding in plain sight in London. The twenty-six-year-old has abandoned the dangerous obligations pressed upon her by her father, and chosen instead to live a normal life. But Maya comes from a long line of people who call themselves Harlequins - a fierce group of warriors willing to sacrifice their lives to protect a select few known as Travelers." "Gabriel and Michael Corrigan are brothers living in Los Angeles. Since childhood, the young men have been shaped by stories that their late father was a Traveler, one of a small band of prophets who have vastly influenced the course of history. Travelers are able to attain pure enlightenment, and have for centuries ushered change into the world. Gabriel and Michael, who may have inherited their father's gifts, have always protected themselves by living "off the Grid" - that is, invisible to the real-life surveillance networks that monitor people in modern society." "Summoned by her ailing father, Maya is told of the existence of the brothers. The Corrigans are in severe danger, stalked by powerful men known as the Tabula - ruthless mercenaries who have hunted Travelers for generations. This group is determined to inflict order on the world by controlling it, and they view Travelers as an intolerable threat. As Maya races to California to protect the brothers, she is reluctantly pulled back into the cold and solitary Harlequin existence. A colossal battle looms - one that will reveal not only the identities of Gabriel and Michael Corrigan but also a secret history of our time." "Moving from the back alleys of Prague to the heart of Los Angeles, from the high deserts of Arizona to a guarded research facility in New York, The Traveler explores a parallel world that exists alongside our own."--BOOK JACKET.
650Subject added entry – topical term
  • Brothers--Fiction.
  • Supernatural--Fiction.
651Subject added entry – geographic nameCalifornia--Fiction.
655Index term – genre/form
  • Occult fiction. gsafd
  • Suspense fiction. gsafd
999CollectionDownloads