Isbn: 9798190510249 - dirk strangelove: the war is already over (5 resultados)

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Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - Dirk Strangelove is dead. His memories are not finished with him.As rain falls over Sanctuary and a friend speaks his name, Dirk is carried back to the day he first entered the city: young, physically whole and certain that any identity could be worn without becoming a prison.A violent raid on a Ministry transport reveals his gift for Faith-the dangerous art of persuading people, machines and reality itself to accept a useful lie. It also brings him to the attention of Sanctuary's secretive authorities and into the path of Severin Holt, a former Hunter with an impossible promise.Holt intends to use Blackwater's rail-signalling network to make one statement binding for everyone: the war is already over.If he succeeds, the killing may end overnight. So may the freedom to disagree, remember differently or choose what peace means.With a civilian train racing towards catastrophe and Sanctuary preparing its own ruthless solution, Dirk must decide whether the world can be saved without forcing it into a single story. Each lie can alter reality-but the greatest lies alter the person telling them.The War Is Already Over is a darkly comic metaphysical action thriller about memory, identity, free will and the stories people become.…

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. Dirk Strangelove is dead. His memories are not finished with him.As rain falls over Sanctuary and a friend speaks his name, Dirk is carried back to the day he first entered the city: young, physically whole and certain that any identity could be worn without becoming a prison.A violent raid on a Ministry transport reveals his gift for Faith-the dangerous art of persuading people, machines and reality itself to accept a useful lie. It also brings him to the attention of Sanctuary's secretive authorities and into the path of Severin Holt, a former Hunter with an impossible promise.Holt intends to use Blackwater's rail-signalling network to make one statement binding for everyone: the war is already over.If he succeeds, the killing may end overnight. So may the freedom to disagree, remember differently or choose what peace means.With a civilian train racing towards catastrophe and Sanctuary preparing its own ruthless solution, Dirk must decide whether the world can be saved without forcing it into a single story. Each lie can alter reality-but the greatest lies alter the person telling them.The War Is Already Over is a darkly comic metaphysical action thriller about memory, identity, free will and the stories people become. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. Dirk Strangelove is dead. His memories are not finished with him.As rain falls over Sanctuary and a friend speaks his name, Dirk is carried back to the day he first entered the city: young, physically whole and certain that any identity could be worn without becoming a prison.A violent raid on a Ministry transport reveals his gift for Faith-the dangerous art of persuading people, machines and reality itself to accept a useful lie. It also brings him to the attention of Sanctuary's secretive authorities and into the path of Severin Holt, a former Hunter with an impossible promise.Holt intends to use Blackwater's rail-signalling network to make one statement binding for everyone: the war is already over.If he succeeds, the killing may end overnight. So may the freedom to disagree, remember differently or choose what peace means.With a civilian train racing towards catastrophe and Sanctuary preparing its own ruthless solution, Dirk must decide whether the world can be saved without forcing it into a single story. Each lie can alter reality-but the greatest lies alter the person telling them.The War Is Already Over is a darkly comic metaphysical action thriller about memory, identity, free will and the stories people become. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…