White Devils - Couverture souple

McAuley, Paul

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0743238869 ISBN 13 : 9780743238861

Editeur : Simon & Schuster Ltd, 2004

Synopsis

London. 24 cm. 521 pages. Encuadernación en tapa blanda de editorial ilustrada. Idioma Inglés. Paul McAuley .. Este libro es de segunda mano y tiene o puede tener marcas y señales de su anterior propietario. ISBN: 0743238869

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Nicholas Hyde, a volunteer working with a humanitarian charity in Africa, is part of a team investigating an apparent wartime atrocity. The team is ambushed, and small, ape-like creatures - pale, fierce, and preternaturally strong - slaughter most of the group in a matter of minutes. 'Diable blanc', the team's government observer calls them - 'white devils' - but after the rescue he falls in with the official story and quickly recants, claiming instead that he saw only rebel troops in body paint. Nick is strongly advised to go along with the cover-up, which seems to originate inside Obligate, the company that effectively owns the Congo. Shell-shocked and angry, he refuses to cooperate. He knows what he saw, and he will tell the world the truth. And that's when people around him start to die.
Only by discovering the secret behind the white devils can Nick protect himself from the forces arrayed against him. Flung together with Teddy Yssel, a bush pilot who survived an earlier attack by the white devils, and Elspeth Faber, who is seeking justice after the murder of her scientist father, Nick faces a journey into the heart of darkness of 21st century Africa: the Dead Zone. But also heading for the Dead Zone is the American mercenary, Cody Corbin. Evangelist, eco-warrior, terrorist: sent to cleanse the abominations from God's good Earth, and anyone who gets in his way is going straight to Hell…

Quatrième de couverture :

'Crackling with fast and brutal action . .. grips until thevery last page' Guardian
They had themselves a nasty little war in the Congo. Atrocities on both sides. When the military dictatorship was overthrown, Obligate, a philanthrophic multi-national, paid off the debts and assumed control of the country.
Fourteen months later, Nicholas Hyde, a volunteer working for a humanitarian charity, is asked to help investigate a fresh massacre: a small village, its inhabitants torn to pieces. Ambushed by pale, ape-like creatures that are fierce, unnaturally quick and strong, only Nick and a government observer survive to tell the tale.
But no one wants to listen. Obligate has its own version of events. Shell-shocked and angry, Nick refuses to co-operate. And that's when the people around him start to die.
Detemined to seek the truth, Nick journeys into the heart of darkness of 21st century Africa: the Dead Zone. There, he will discover a reality almost too horrifying to contemplate.
'Stunning proof that McAuley now leads the world in science thrillers . . . Jaw-droppingly good' Michael Marshall
'Exhilarates on all levels: the ideas quite as forcefully realised as the machine-tooled plotting' Independent

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Simon & Schuster Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0743238869
• ISBN 13: 9780743238861
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 432