The Revisionists - Hardcover

Mullen, Thomas

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0316176729 ISBN 13: 9780316176729

Publisher: Mulholland Books, 2011

Synopsis

A fast-paced literary thriller that recalls dystopian classics such as 1984 and Fahrenheit 451, from the award-winning author of The Last Town on Earth.

Zed is an agent from the future. A time when the world's problems have been solved. No hunger. No war. No despair.

His mission is to keep it that way. Even if it means ensuring every cataclysm throughout history runs its course-especially The Great Conflagration, an imminent disaster in our own time that Zed has been ordered to protect at all costs.

Zed's mission will disrupt the lives of a disgraced former CIA agent; a young Washington lawyer grieving over the loss of her brother, a soldier in Iraq; the oppressed employee of a foreign diplomat; and countless others. But will he finish his final mission before the present takes precedence over a perfect future? One that may have more cracks than he realizes?

The Revisionists puts a fresh spin on today's global crises, playing with the nature of history and our own role in shaping it. It firmly establishes Mullen as one of the most exciting and imaginative writers of his generation.

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Review:

"An outstanding dystopic novel."-- Library Journal

"Provocative... relentless...Mullen delivers."-- The Tampa Tribune

"Blade Runner" meets John le Carr ....a thoughtful, suspenseful novel of intrigue."-- Paste Magazine" (A Best Novel of the Year)

"Blade Runner" meets John le Carre....a thoughtful, suspenseful novel of intrigue." "Paste Magazine" (A Best Novel of the Year)""

"Provocative... relentless...Mullen delivers." "The Tampa Tribune""

""The Revisionists" is a devious and absorbing novel that challenges the reader at every turn, not letting up until the final pages. I loved it." "Olen Steinhauer, author of the New York Times bestsellers The Tourist and Nearest Exit""

"An outstanding dystopic novel." "Library Journal""

"An extraordinary trip to the near future ... Questions of fate versus free will, utopia versus reality, and the implications of a world without racial and ethnic lines add terrific human depth to the whiz-bang gadegtry of Mullen's imagined world ... a very high-brow spin on the spy novel and science fiction." Atlanta Magazine"

"Blade Runner meets John le Carre....a thoughtful, suspenseful novel of intrigue." Paste Magazine (A Best Novel of the Year)"

"An imaginative, elegant work of literary sci-fi, set in modern-day Washington, D.C....What transpires in the final act is as powerful for its well-paced revelations as it is for the ethical questions it raises." Los Angeles Magazine"

Book Description:

In present-day Washington DC, one man knows that the world is about to end. He's there to make sure of it, in a fast-paced thriller which takes the reader into the terrifying heart of today's covert wars.

About this edition

• Publisher: Mulholland Books
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0316176729
• ISBN 13: 9780316176729
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 435