JOHN TWELVE HAWKS

n a world that exists in the shadow of our own, the conflict between the Brethren and the Travellers reaches its devastating climax...Struggling to protect the legacy of his Traveller father, Gabriel faces troubling questions and relentless threats from enemies old and new. His brother Michael, now firmly allied with the sinister Brethren, pursues his ambition to wrest power from their leader, whatever it takes. And Maya, the Harlequin warrior pledged to protect Gabriel at all costs, is forced to make a choice that will change her life forever...

Jacob underwood is not like other people. He has Cotard´s syndrome. He believes he is dead. Which makes his job as a hired assassin neutralising "problems´ for DBG, a massive multinational corporatio

La obra describe un futuro muy creíble: cada día estamos más vigilados por sofisticados sistemas tecnológicos. Una historia futurista distinta, extremadamente imaginativa, con los mejores ingredientes de las grandes aventuras: amores imposibles, lucha épica entre el bien y el mal, rebeldía… En una sociedad futurista sometida a la dictadura de la tecnología, dos hermanos gemelos se enfrentarán a muerte.Gabriel y Michael Corrigan pueden viajar a través del tiempo y el espacio, y ambos buscan a su padre, pero se encuentran en bandos opuestos: Gabriel lucha por las fuerzas del bien mientras que Michael se ha unido a los «tabulas», servidores de una tecnología todopoderosa que somete en secreto a los ciudadanos. Gabriel busca a su padre para saber la verdad de su vida y para protegerle de sus enemigos; Michael lo busca pues lo ve como una amenaza a su propio poder. La carrera entre estos dos hermanos por encontrarlo será intensa y muy peligrosa.

Fear stalks our lives. In the press. On the television. Over the airwaves. Across the internet. Everywhere we go, someone somewhere is always watching. Waiting for the mistake that will reveal secrets, truths, lies, the real story or what they want to believe. No longer is anonymity a given right. We are being controlled without our knowledge and we don''t appear to care. Daily we sacrifice little freedoms that will never be returned. We are all victims. They are some who will fight to the death to protect those freedoms. They will not allow the forces of commerce and ideology to dictate their lives. They are off the grid. Gabriel Corrigan is one such man. The system doesn''t like it. It says that you cannot opt out, that you have to participate. And it will do whatever it takes to return Gabriel to the fold - alive or dead. He can run but he can''t hide - forever...

The thrilling conclusion to Hawks''s Fourth Realm trilogy, "The Golden City" is packed with knife-edge tension, intriguing characters, and startling plot twists. Struggling to protect the legacy of his Traveler father, Gabriel faces troubling new questions and relentless threats.

Is this a new era of political fiction? Faced with threats to humanity such as global warming, writers might wonder if they should address these concerns in their novels, short stories, plays and screenplays. In a short, insightful essay, the New York Times best-selling author, John Twelve Hawks, describes both the power and limitations of fiction. Writing as the Sky Rains Death raises crucial questions for contemporary writers, and readers.

Jacob Underwood is not like other people. He has Cotard's Syndrome. He believes he is dead. Which makes his job as a hired assassin neutralising 'problems' for DBG, a massive multinational corporation, very simple. He carries out the task - and feels nothing. Now DBG has such a problem. A key employee, Emily Buchanan, has disappeared, taking with her a fortune and priceless information which could destroy the company. Jacob must track her down. In previous assignments, he had worked with cold logical precision, but this time he has to confront a threat that he first must understand before it destroys him...

Sommes-nous dans une nouvelle ère de fiction politique? Lhumanité est confrontée à des menaces comme par exemple le réchauffement climatique. Est-ce que les écrivains et écrivaines sont obligés de se

John Twelve Hawks e stato uno dei primi autori ad avvertirci del crescente potere della tecnologia di sorveglianza. Ora ha scritto un libro personale e controverso che mostra come le nostre vite vengono osservate e analizzate da governi e corporazioni internazionali. In un mondo in cui le nostre azioni possono essere monitorate da una griglia computerizzata di controllo sociale, ce qualcosa che possiamo fare per difendere la nostra liberta?Con una nuova introduzione per ledizione italiana

È questa una nuova era della narrativa politica? Di fronte a minacce per lumanita come il riscaldamento globale, gli scrittori potrebbero chiedersi se dovrebbero affrontare queste preoccupazioni nei loro romanzi, nei loro brevi racconti, opere teatrali e sceneggiature. In un saggio breve e perspicace, lautore di best-seller, John Twelve Hawks, descrive sia il potere sia i limiti della narrativa. Scrivere come il cielo piove morte solleva interrogativi cruciali per scrittori e lettori contemporanei.

WHAT LIES AHEAD IS ALREADY HERE America is a difficult place to live below the surface. But Gabriel and Michael Corrigan are trying to do just that. Since childhood, the brothers have been shaped by the stories that their father has told them about the world in which they live. After his mysterious disappearance, they have been living off the grid that is, invisible to the intrusive surveillance networks that monitor our modern lives. But no-one is as invisible as they would like to believe. Nathan Boone, a mercenary, has been tasked to hunt down the brothers. The only person who stands between them and certain death is Maya, a tough young woman playing at leading a normal life. But her background is anything but normal. She has been trained to fight and survive at whatever cost. When she is summoned to protect the brothers, she must leave everything behind if she is to succeed

A mesmerizing return to the places and people so richly portrayed in "The Traveler," this second book in the Fourth Realm trilogy is propelled by edge-of-your-seat suspense and haunted by a vision of a world where both hope and freedom are about to disappear.

The next gripping instalment in the renowned idiosyncratic trilogy that wont leave you the same again. From the elusive Sunday Times bestselling author John Twelve Hawks, for fans of Scott Mariani, Ken Follett and Michael Connolly.The stuff that first-rate, high-tech, paranoid-schizophrenic thrillers are made of - TIMEA saga thats part A Wrinkle in Time, part The Matrix and part Kurosawa epic - PUBLISHERS WEEKLYA hugely enjoyable book, a globe-trotting adventure thats a treat for everyone who likes a good thriller and a special treat for fans of stories involving secret societies, global conspiracies, and mysticism - BOOKLISTA book to really make you think about the way the world operates -- ***** Reader reviewRefreshingly good... even more gripping than the original -- ***** Reader reviewJohn Twelve Hawks weaves an unforgettable tale of suspense and drama that will draw you in and captivate you in a way that few other authors achieve -- ***** Reader review**********************************************************************YOU CANNOT ESCAPE THE PAST - OR THE FUTURE.Fear stalks our lives. In the press. On the television. Over the airwaves. Across the internet. Everywhere we go, someone somewhere is always watching. Waiting for the mistake that will reveal secrets, truths, lies, the real story or what they want to believe. No longer is anonymity a given right.We are being controlled without our knowledge and we dont appear to care. Daily we sacrifice little freedoms that will never be returned. We are all victims.They are some who will fight to the death to protect those freedoms. They will not allow the forces of commerce and ideology to dictate their lives. They are off the grid. Gabriel Corrigan is one such man. The system doesnt like it. It says that you cannot opt out, that you have to participate. And it will do whatever it takes to return Gabriel to the fold - alive or dead.He can run but he cant hide - forever...

Existe otro mundo, y conflictos que nunca conoceremos. Una novela que puede cambiar tu vida para siempre.El Cuarto Reino es el nombre que dan los budistas a nuestro mundo. En él, los mísitcos, santos y profetas son denominados viajeros. Esta casta escogida y en peligro de extincion es la unica, con sus poderes especiales, capaz de preservar la especie.John Twelve Hawks narra la historia de la joven Maya, entrenada desde pequeña para ser arlequin. Los arlequines son los guerreros que protegen a los viajeros. Maya es un arlequin que nunca ha querido aceptar su mision y se ha empeñado en llevar una vida normal. Pero su destino dara un vuelco: despues de la muerte de su padre, a manos de los tabulas -los seres que pretenden controlar los movimientos de todo el mundo-, Maya acepta la mision de proteger a dos hermanos, en California, posiblemente los unicos viajeros que hasta ahora han sobrevivido. Gabriel y Michael corren peligro; uno de ellos ha sido secuestrado y el otro ha conseguido huir.La busqueda del hermano perdido y la travesia de Maya y Gabriel traspasan las barreras fisicas y conducen al lector por un mundo sobrenatural, donde el fuego, el aire y el viento son barreras que pueden ser superadas, y donde la percepcion alcanza nuevos limites.

Primera entrega de la triología El cuarto reino, un mundo habitado por místicos, santos y profetas. También por arlequines encargados de defenderlos del ataque incesante de los temibles tabulas. Una deslumbrante fantasia futurista, en donde un joven arlequin debe librar una dura batalla para preservar a los elegidos y salvar su vida.

Mens Health Most Anticipated Sci-Fi of the 2026 The intense dystopian world-building of John Twelve Hawks (The Traveler) returns with a masterful journey through the near future of Artificial Intelligence, in which a wise, orphaned ten-year-old girl goes on the run with only her trusty "Interactive Toy" to guide her toward New York City, where a dark landscape, and perhaps a hidden hero, await her.In a post-pandemic future where AI has infiltrated daily life, the line between what is real and what is digital has eroded to nothing. As Manhattan is overrun by wireheads who spend their days literally plugged into virtual reality, algorithms and robots have replaced everything from the criminal justice system to individual loved ones. As long as she can remember, ten-year-old Kate has felt like someone was watching her. She has been orphaned since the pandemic, her foster parents find her eccentric and off-putting, and her legal guardian is nowhere to be seen. Now, an algorithm has predicted the very worstwithin thirty days, Kate will either be killed, or become a killer. When two police officers arrive at her home in Maine intending to implant her with a tracking device, Kate is urged by her trusted AI Interactive Toy (a talking stuffed seal named Zeno) to make an immediate escape. Confused and looking for answers, the girl sets a course for New York City and begins an Orwellian journey into the unknown.Gripping, intricately plotted, and delightfully imaginative, Certainty is a profound and eerily prescient novel about the ever-blurring line between man and machine. Amid the murder investigation of a gifted AI robot-maker, a missing-person being tracked down in the darkest corners of virtual reality, and Kates harrowing journey to New York, John Twelve Hawkss novel explores the spectacular humanity to be found in a world where humans are themselves endangered.

Fans of Scott Mariani, Ken Follett and Michael Connolly will love this riveting, fast-paced, high-tech thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author John Twelve Hawks."A cyber 1984...Page-turningly swift, with a cliffhanger ending" - NEW YORK TIMES"Compelling...Picture The Matrix crossed with William Gibson and youll have a sense of The Traveller" - NEWSDAY"The pace is fast, the characters intriguing and memorable, the evil dark and palpable, and the genre-bending between fantasty and thriller seamless..." - KIRKUS REVIEWS"So good I couldnt put it down" -- ***** Reader review"Both thought-provoking and entertaining. I was totally gripped" -- ***** Reader review"Expertly crafted" -- ***** Reader review**********************************************************************WHAT LIES AHEAD IS ALREADY HERE...America is a difficult place to live below the surface. But Gabriel and Michael Corrigan are trying to do just that. Since childhood, the brothers have been shaped by the stories that their father has told them about the world in which they live. Since his mysterious disappearance, they have been living off the grid - that is, invisible to the intrusive surveillance networks that monitor our modern lives.But no-one is as invisible as they would like to believe. Nathan Boone, a mercenary, has been tasked to hunt down the brothers. The only person who stands between them and certain death is Maya, a tough young woman playing at leading a normal life. But her background is anything but normal. She has been trained to fight and survive at whatever cost.When she is summoned to protect the brothers, she must leave everything behind if she is to succeed.

This standout, distinctive novel will shake your perception of what a thriller should be, and what it can do. From the elusive Sunday Times bestselling author John Twelve Hawks, for fans of Scott Mariani, Philip K. Dick and Michael Connolly.Breathless action. . . . Twelve Hawks sets up the battles in Spark as more than simple combat. His appeal lies in his pairing of one system of belief against another and letting them duke it out. - THE NEW YORK TIMESLike Philip K Dicks best novels, [Spark] is insidious and troubling, its most profound points made with disarming casualness. - THE GUARDIANA fantastic blend of action and deeper questions about what it means to be human. - THE WASHINGTON POSTTwelve Hawks, like a character in his story, is untethered by technology and unreachable by the tentacles of the Vast Machine. He is a free spirit, a lone voice of reason in a data-fogged world. - SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE**********************************************************************JACOB UNDERWOOD IS NOT LIKE OTHER PEOPLE.He has Cotards Syndrome. He believes he is dead.This makes his job as a hired assassin neutralising problems for DBG, a massive multinational corporation, very simple. He carries out the task - and feels nothing.Now DBG has such a problem. A key employee, Emily Buchanan, has disappeared, taking with her a fortune and priceless information which could destroy the company. Jacob must track her down.In previous assignments, he had worked with cold logical precision, but this time he has to confront a threat that he first must understand before it destroys him...Further praise for SPARK:Darkly futuristic . . . with a protagonist unlike any other. - Austin ChronicleAn adrenaline-charged thriller- endlessly inventive- that winds through a landscape of cutting-edge technology with great assurance and skill. - Lincoln Child, New York Times bestselling author of The Third GateSpark is a marvel. An utterly gripping, unbelievably imaginative tale with all the heart, drive, and humanity that its hero, Jacob Underwood, a contract assassin, lacks. . . . At once a heart pounding thriller, a bitter indictment of our growing surveillance state, and a life affirming story of the indomitability of the human heart. - Christopher Reich, New York Times bestselling author of Rules of DeceptionFrom start to finish Spark defies expectation, joining a dead mans cold regard with suspense at fever pitch. - LocusAs good as the Fourth Realm books were, this one may be even more appealing: less fantastic, more grounded in a contemporary real world, with a narrator who is deeply scarred and endlessly fascinating. - Booklist (starred review)

Hawks wrote this as a work of fiction, but his world is now uncomfortably close to reality. This is a novel that will captivate as much as it will provoke, from the elusive Sunday Times bestselling author John Twelve Hawks, for fans of Scott Mariani, Philip K. Dick and Michael Connolly.Take some Orwellian undertones, add a dash of Philip Pullman and sprinkle with a few lines of Dan Brown. - METROA cyber 1984... Page-turningly swift, with a cliffhanger ending. - New York TimesPortrays a Big Brother with powers far beyond anything Orwell could imagine ... Political prophecy is rarely such fun. - Washington PostA saga thats part A Wrinkle in Time, part The Matrix and part Kurosawa epic - PUBLISHERS WEEKLY**********************************************************************THE FUTURE IS NOW.In a world that exists in the shadow of our own, the conflict between the Brethren and the Travellers reaches its devastating climax...Struggling to protect the legacy of his Traveller father, Gabriel faces troubling questions and relentless threats from enemies old and new.His brother Michael, now firmly allied with the sinister Brethren, pursues his ambition to wrest power from their leader, whatever it takes.And Maya, the Harlequin warrior pledged to protect Gabriel at all costs, is forced to make a choice that will change her life forever...