The interconnected lives of police detectives investigating multiple murders, a family man whose life has been destroyed by seemingly random events, and members of a mysterious cult all revolve around the enigmatic and evil figure of the cult leader, known as the Eternal Prophet. 50,000 first printing. Tour.
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Review:
" A compelling page turner . . . a cunningly crafted thriller."
-- "Seattle Times"
" A stone-cold thriller . . . a brutal adventure."
-- "The New York Times Book Review"
" Chilling and relevant . . . [Dibdin is] a spot-on observer and piercing critic of American culture."
-- "Washington Post Book World"
" Dibdin has an ear for prose that is rare in the crime genre . . . . His soaring imagination . . . makes his books well worth the read."
-- "Washington Times"
"A compelling page turner . . . a cunningly crafted thriller."
Seattle Times
"A stone-cold thriller . . . a brutal adventure."
The New York Times Book Review
"Chilling and relevant . . . [Dibdin is] a spot-on observer and piercing critic of American culture."
Washington Post Book World
"Dibdin has an ear for prose that is rare in the crime genre . . . . His soaring imagination . . . makes his books well worth the read."
Washington Times"
About the Author:
Michael Dibdin was born in England and raised in Northern Ireland. He attended Sussex University and the University of Alberta in Canada. He spent five years in Perugia, Italy, where he taught English at the local university. He went on to live in Oxford, England and Seattle, Washington. He was the author of eighteen novels, eleven of them in the popular Aurelio Zen series, including Ratking, which won the Crime Writers’ Association Gold Dagger, and Cabal, which was awarded the French Grand Prix du Roman Policier. His work has been translated into eighteen languages. He died in 2007.
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- PublisherPantheon
- Publication date1996
- ISBN 10 0679442219
- ISBN 13 9780679442219
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages339
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