Turbulence - Couverture souple

Basu, Samit

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1781161194 ISBN 13 : 9781781161197

Editeur : Titan Books Ltd, 2012

Synopsis

Aman Sen is smart, young, ambitious and going nowhere. He thinks this is because he doesn t have the right connections but then he gets off a plane from London to Delhi and discovers that he has turned into a communications demigod. Indeed, everyone on Aman s flight now has extraordinary abilities corresponding to their innermost desires. Vir, an Air Force pilot, can now fly. Uzma, an aspiring Bollywood actress, now possesses infinite charisma. And then there's Jai, an indestructible one-man army with a good old-fashioned goal to rule the world! Aman wants to ensure that their new powers aren't wasted on costumed crime-fighting, celebrity endorsements, or reality television. He wants to heal the planet but with each step he takes, he finds helping some means harming others. Will it all end, as 80 years of superhero fiction suggest, in a meaningless, explosive slugfest? Turbulence features the 21st-century Indian subcontinent in all its insane glory: F-16s, Bollywood, radical religious parties, nuclear plants, cricket, terrorists, luxury resorts, crazy TV shows, but it is essentially about two very human questions. How would you feel if you actually got what you wanted? And what would you do if you could really change the world?

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Samit Basu is one of the most talented and prolific young writers of today, with an existing and impressive profile in comics culture, science fiction and fantasy.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Titan Books Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1781161194
• ISBN 13: 9781781161197
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 368
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible