| Title | : | The Adjacent |
|---|---|---|
| Author | : | Christopher Priest |
| Release | : | 2014-04-08 |
| Kind | : | ebook |
| Genre | : | Fiction & Literature, Books, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Science Fiction, Science Fiction, Adventure Sci-Fi |
| Size | : | 1924633 |
| “One of the master illusionists of our time.” —Wired “A head-spinning blast of blurred reality . . . jaw-dropping.” —NPR “Completely fascinating.” —San Francisco Book Review Set against “a kaleidoscopic backdrop of Earth’s past, present, and future”, this time-hopping science fiction novel is a moving meditation on “the resonance of history, memory, and love” (AV Club) In the near future, Tibor Tarent, a freelance photographer, is recalled from Anatolia to Britain when his wife, an aid worker, is killed—annihilated by a terrifying weapon that reduces its target to a triangular patch of scorched earth. A century earlier, Tommy Trent, a stage magician, is sent to the Western Front on a secret mission to render British reconnaissance aircraft invisible to the enemy. Present day. A theoretical physicist develops a new method of diverting matter, a discovery with devastating consequences that will resonate through time. |
