The Three - Softcover

Lotz, Sarah

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0316299626 ISBN 13: 9780316299626

Publisher: Little Brown and Company, 2015

Synopsis

Four simultaneous plane crashes. Three child survivors. A religious fanatic who insists "The Three" are harbingers of the apocalypse. What if he's right?

The world is stunned when four planes crash within hours of each other on different continents. There doesn't seem to be a correlation between the crashes, except that in three of the four air disasters, a single child is the sole survivor. Dubbed "the three" by the press, these "miracle children" achieve international celebrity. Things take a dark turn when a fanatical preacher starts insisting that the young survivors are three of the four harbingers of the apocalypse.

As the children's behavior grows increasingly disturbing, even their loved ones start to suspect there could be some truth behind the conspiracy theory. And when a survivor from the fourth accident is found, deadly alliances are formed and it becomes ever more difficult- and dangerous -to decipher the truth.

Combining the complexity of Lost and the thrills of Stephen King, THE THREE is an enormously ambitious thriller from a blazingly talented storyteller.

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Review:

THE THREE is really wonderful. A cross between Michael Crichton and Shirley Jackson, hard to put down and vastly entertaining. (Stephen King)

Sarah Lotz is a ferociously imaginative storyteller whose twisty plots will kick the stairs out from under you. She's a talent to watch. (Lauren Beukes)

The finest thriller I've read in years. Dark, subtle and completely unputdownable, I was enthralled from the opening line to the last. (Sarah Pinborough)

Compulsive reading (Marie-Claire)

Sarah Lotz has just written the perfect horror story. This will be undoubtedly one of the best horror stories published in 2014. (The Book Plank)

It's reminiscent of Stephen King's CARRIE and THE THREE comes preloaded with praise from the master of horror himself. It deserves it: this high-concept thriller is a blast. (The Guardian)

Tiptoeing the tightrope between fantasy and horror (Daily Mail)

One of the finest, freakiest horror novels I've read. (Chuck Wendig)

The author's use of the oral-history format, with its shifting voices and points of view, is a stroke of genius: the reader is in a state of near-constant confusion at the beginning, which is slowly replaced by unease and then dread as the various commentators start to see the bigger picture. A very creepy, very effective novel. (David Pitt Booklist)

Book Description:

The extraordinary, unforgettable new thriller for fans of The Shining Girls, The Passage and Lost.

About this edition

• Publisher: Little Brown and Company
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0316299626
• ISBN 13: 9780316299626
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 544