I purchased this book at my son's book fair. It's pretty good. The main character is a woman who is a little like Syd from Alias and a historical fiction mix a little like Elektra and Dan Brown's novels.
It is one of the first books I've read in a while where I haven't figured out 'what will happen next' in the plot. I keep reading to see what will happen next...
Anyone else read this one?
The Traveler by John Twelve Hawks
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The Traveler by John Twelve Hawks
[spoiler]"...the loveliness of the Land has only grown more precious to me as my senses have been
opened...To turn homeward now would be to pass from treasure-berries to dust."
-- Liand to Linden [P324 Runes][/spoiler]
opened...To turn homeward now would be to pass from treasure-berries to dust."
-- Liand to Linden [P324 Runes][/spoiler]
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Roland of Gilead
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I read something about him recently. It said he doesn't have an address, passport, drivers licence, and doesn't use his real name. Says he 'lives off the grid', sounds a bit paranoid about government invading privacy.
Ah, wait, I'll find the atricle...
www.usatoday.com/life/books/news/2005-0 ... eler_x.htm
Ah, wait, I'll find the atricle...
www.usatoday.com/life/books/news/2005-0 ... eler_x.htm
Gimmick or Nutjob - You Decide.Though Twelve Hawks won't talk to the media, his publisher supplied USA TODAY with an e-mailed quote from him about why he lives the way he does: "The Vast Machine is the very powerful — and very real — computerized information system that monitors all aspects of our lives. I live off the Grid by choice."
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Thanks Murrin for the link - if anyone reads it they WILL want to read this book.
Roland - not sure of who "Repairman Jack" is?
Roland - not sure of who "Repairman Jack" is?
[spoiler]"...the loveliness of the Land has only grown more precious to me as my senses have been
opened...To turn homeward now would be to pass from treasure-berries to dust."
-- Liand to Linden [P324 Runes][/spoiler]
opened...To turn homeward now would be to pass from treasure-berries to dust."
-- Liand to Linden [P324 Runes][/spoiler]
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Repairman Jack is the protagonist of nine novels, written by F. Paul Wilson. Jack has no passport, no SSN, no bank accounts, etc. He has a last name, but we never hear it and he never uses it except around his family.
Jack is an urban vigilante/mercenary, based in New York City. He rights the wrongs for people who can't contact the police, or who the authorities can't help.
He stumbles into a lot of speculative plotlines, everything from super viruses to supernatural creatures.
I just started The Traveler, and I'm reminded a little of Highlander - the background and rituals and "secret history," etc.
It's pretty good so far.
Jack is an urban vigilante/mercenary, based in New York City. He rights the wrongs for people who can't contact the police, or who the authorities can't help.
He stumbles into a lot of speculative plotlines, everything from super viruses to supernatural creatures.
I just started The Traveler, and I'm reminded a little of Highlander - the background and rituals and "secret history," etc.
It's pretty good so far.
"I am, in short, a man on the edge of everything." - Dark Tower II, The Drawing of the Three
oh jeezaley petes...as if i don't have enough series to keep up with!!! Repairman Jack AND the traveler both sound right up my alley!!
you're more advanced than a cockroach,
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~