The Twelve - Hardcover
Sooner or later, everybody pays - and the dead will set the price...
Former paramilitary killer Gerry Fegan is haunted by his victims, twelve souls who shadow his every waking day and scream through every drunken night. Just as he reaches the edge of sanity they reveal their desire: vengeance on those who engineered their deaths. From the greedy politicians to the corrupt security forces, the street thugs to the complacent bystanders who let it happen, all must pay the price.
When Fegan's vendetta threatens to derail Northern Ireland's peace process and destabilise its fledgling government, old comrades and enemies alike want him gone. David Campbell, a double agent lost between the forces of law and terror, takes the job. But he has his own reasons for eliminating Fegan; the secrets of a dirty war should stay buried, even if its ghosts do not.
Set against the backdrop of a post-conflict Northern Ireland struggling with its past, The Twelve takes the reader from the back streets of the city, where violence and politics go hand-in-hand, to the country's darkest heart. Stuart Neville's gripping thriller marks the emergence of a brilliant new voice.
Former paramilitary killer Gerry Fegan is haunted by his victims, twelve souls who shadow his every waking day and scream through every drunken night. Just as he reaches the edge of sanity they reveal their desire: vengeance on those who engineered their deaths. From the greedy politicians to the corrupt security forces, the street thugs to the complacent bystanders who let it happen, all must pay the price.
When Fegan's vendetta threatens to derail Northern Ireland's peace process and destabilise its fledgling government, old comrades and enemies alike want him gone. David Campbell, a double agent lost between the forces of law and terror, takes the job. But he has his own reasons for eliminating Fegan; the secrets of a dirty war should stay buried, even if its ghosts do not.
Set against the backdrop of a post-conflict Northern Ireland struggling with its past, The Twelve takes the reader from the back streets of the city, where violence and politics go hand-in-hand, to the country's darkest heart. Stuart Neville's gripping thriller marks the emergence of a brilliant new voice.
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‘[Neville] is ...uniquely, tragically equipped to be able to think through complex issues of justice and mercy.’ Ian Sansom, Irish Times
‘A blistering debut...a superbly paced thriller thick with tension and violence.’ Metro London
‘... [an] impressive debut...’ Chris Petit, The Guardian
‘...an accomplished, tightly plotted and compassionate work... This is an unqualified triumph.’ Paul Connolly, London Lite
‘...astonishingly good...’ Matt Coward, Morning Star
‘...a brilliant thriller: unbearably tense, stomach churningly frightening... a future classic of its time.’ Nicola Barr, The Observer
‘Neville ceaselessly cranks up the tension and revels in the kind of violence that makes your stomach lurch.’ Siobhan Murphy, Metro London
‘Although a fictional novel, The Twelve... embraces its history. And ...its fiction is only a hair’s breath away from reality.’ AP Maginness, Irish News
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‘A blistering debut...a superbly paced thriller thick with tension and violence.’ Metro London
‘... [an] impressive debut...’ Chris Petit, The Guardian
‘...an accomplished, tightly plotted and compassionate work... This is an unqualified triumph.’ Paul Connolly, London Lite
‘...astonishingly good...’ Matt Coward, Morning Star
‘...a brilliant thriller: unbearably tense, stomach churningly frightening... a future classic of its time.’ Nicola Barr, The Observer
‘Neville ceaselessly cranks up the tension and revels in the kind of violence that makes your stomach lurch.’ Siobhan Murphy, Metro London
‘Although a fictional novel, The Twelve... embraces its history. And ...its fiction is only a hair’s breath away from reality.’ AP Maginness, Irish News
The Twelve is a magnificent debut thriller. One of the best first novels in years.
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- PublisherUlverscroft Ltd
- Publication date2010
- ISBN 10 1444801228
- ISBN 13 9781444801224
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages456
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