Three Days to Never - Hardcover

Powers, Tim

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0380976536 ISBN 13: 9780380976539

Publisher: William Morrow & Co, 2006

Synopsis

When Albert Einstein told Franklin Roosevelt in 1939 that the atomic bomb was possible, he did not tell the president about another discovery he had made, something so extreme and horrific it remained a secret . . . until now. This extraordinary new novel from one of the most brilliant talents in contemporary fiction is a standout literary thriller in which one man stumbles upon the discovery Einstein himself tried to keep hidden.
When twelve-year-old Daphne Marrity takes a videotape labeled Pee-wee's Big Adventure from her grandmother's house, neither she nor her college-professor father, Frank Marrity, has any idea that the theft has drawn the attention of both the Israeli Secret Service and an ancient European cabal of occultists—or that within hours they'll be visited by her long-lost grandfather, who is also desperate to get that tape.
And when Daphne's teddy bear is stolen, a blind in nearly Frank, and a phantom begins to speak to her from a switched-off television set, Daphne and her father find themselves caught in the middle of a ous power struggle that originated long ago in Israel and Germany but now crashes through Los Angeles and out to the Mojave Desert. To survive, they must quickly learn the rules of a dangerous magical chess game and use all their cleverness and courage—as well as their love and loyalty to each other—to escape a fate more profound than death.
A pulse-pounding epic adventure that blurs the lines between espionage and the supernatural; good and evil; past, present and future, Three Days to Never is an exhilarating masterwork of speculative suspense from the always remarkable imagination of the incomparable Tim Powers.

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Review

"A wild and wooly romp-fun."--Library Journal

"[A] breathtaking achievement, the complexity of which a review can only begin to capture...[A] powerful work."--Locus

"Quirky, humorous and packed with suspense, THREE DAYS TO NEVER is a head-spinning thriller."--St. Louis Post-Dispatch

"Machiavellian . . . [A]n astonishingly sophisticated and engrossing narrative."--Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

"Top-notch ...[T]he ingenious plot...manages to be intricate without becoming convoluted, to its highly satisfying conclusion."--Publishers Weekly

"Grade: A . . . Combining historical fact, science-fiction and thriller pacing, THREE DAYS TO NEVER is worth the wait."--Rocky Mountain News

"[An] intense, downhill-race of a story . . . the summer sleeper hit of 2006."--Denver Post

"Moves at a frantic clip...[the] very outlandishness [of Powers's metaphysics] makes the story all the more compelling."--Booklist

"Brio, bravado and a salutary measure of lunacy . . . A postmodern work par excellence."--Washington Post Book World

"[THREE DAYS TO NEVER] contains so many genuine pleasures...plenty of action, humor and unexpectedly touching human drama."--San Francisco Chronicle

Quirky, humorous and packed with suspense, THREE DAYS TO NEVER is a head-spinning thriller. --St. Louis Post-Dispatch"

A wild and wooly romp-fun. --Library Journal"

Machiavellian . . . [A]n astonishingly sophisticated and engrossing narrative. --Kirkus Reviews (starred review)"

Top-notch ...[T]he ingenious plot...manages to be intricate without becoming convoluted, to its highly satisfying conclusion. --Publishers Weekly"

[A] breathtaking achievement, the complexity of which a review can only begin to capture...[A] powerful work. --Locus"

Moves at a frantic clip...[the] very outlandishness [of Powers s metaphysics] makes the story all the more compelling. --Booklist"

[An] intense, downhill-race of a story . . . the summer sleeper hit of 2006. --Denver Post"

Grade: A . . . Combining historical fact, science-fiction and thriller pacing, THREE DAYS TO NEVER is worth the wait. --Rocky Mountain News"

Brio, bravado and a salutary measure of lunacy . . . A postmodern work par excellence. --Washington Post Book World"

[THREE DAYS TO NEVER] contains so many genuine pleasures...plenty of action, humor and unexpectedly touching human drama. --San Francisco Chronicle"

From the Back Cover

Albert Einstein's groundbreaking scientific discoveries made possible the creation of the most terrible weapon the world had ever known. But he made another discovery that he chose to reveal to no one--to keep from human hands a power that dwarfed the atomic bomb.

When twelve-year-old Daphne Marrity takes a videotape labeled Pee-Wee's Big Adventure from her recently deceased grandmother's house, neither she nor her college professor father, Frank, realize what they now have in their possession. In an instant they are thrust into the center of a world-altering conspiracy, drawing the dangerous attentions of both the Israeli Secret Service and an ancient European cabal of occultists. Now father and daughter have three days to learn the rules of a terrifying magical chess game in order to escape a fate more profound than death--because the Marritys hold the key to the ultimate destruction of not only what's to come . . . but what already has been.

Edition details

• Publisher: William Morrow & Co
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0380976536
• ISBN 13: 9780380976539
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 419