Idlewild - Hardcover

Sagan, Nick

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0593051904 ISBN 13: 9780593051900

Publisher: Bantam Press, 2003

Synopsis

Smart, stylish near-future thriller fusing the fierce imagination of THE MATRIX with the chilling social vision of MINORITY REPORT...Set in the day after tomorrow, IDLEWILD opens as a young man awakes with amnesia. He cannot remember who he is and doesn't recognise where he is. All he knows for certain is that someone is trying to kill him. Unsure who he can trust, he becomes reacquainted with eight companions, all of whom are being trained at a strange special school, run by an elusive, enigmatic man named Maestro. As he tries to uncover the identity of the faceless person - or persons - who is after him, he begins to unravel a series of truths, of puzzles within puzzles. It soon becomes clear that more - much more - than just his life is at stake...

About this title

About the Author

The son of the celebrated astronomer Carl Sagan, Nick Sagan graduated from UCLA Film School and has written for Hollywood for ten years, producing screenplays and TV scripts. IDLEWILD is his first novel. He is married and lives in Ithaca, New York, where he is at work on a new novel, MEMORY'S STAIN.

From the Back Cover

It is a not-too-distant future in our all-too-recognizable world. It is the late twenty-first century and a deadly virus has seeped into human kind's genetic make-up. In only a few generations this plague will have wiped us off the face of the planet, but we're not going down without a fight. Teams of scientists, geneticists and programmers race to find a cure, but time is not on our side and our only hope lies in one last, desperate gamble . . .

Eighteen years later and ten children are about to come of age. One of them, a young man, is suddenly startled awake. He has no memory. His surroundings mean nothing to him. All he knows for absolute certain is that someone is trying to kill him. Unsure who he can trust, he is reacquainted with his companions, all of whom are being trained at a special school run by the elusive Maestro. As he tries to uncover the identity of his would-be killer, it becomes clear that the ramifications of his investigation are far greater than he could ever have imagined - that it's more, much more, than just his life that is at stake . . .

Smart, stylish, terrifying and thrilling in equal measure, Idlewild fuses the fierce imagination of The Matrix with the chilling social vision of Minority Report, and introduces a singular new literary voice.

Edition details

• Publisher: Bantam Press
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0593051904
• ISBN 13: 9780593051900
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 288