La véritable identité de l'auteur John Twelve Hawks, également connu sous le nom de J12H/JXIIH, reste inconnue. Il communique exclusivement par Internet et un téléphone intraçable, n'ayant jamais rencontré son éditrice. Bien que de nombreuses spéculations aient émergé quant à sa véritable identité, sa voix narrative unique et les circonstances mystérieuses entourant son œuvre captivent les lecteurs.
Their lives shaped by their father's role as a Traveler, an elite prophet able to attain pure enlightenment, Gabriel and Michael Corrigan become a target of the Tabulas, a ruthless cadre seeking world domination
Jacob Underwood is not like other people. He has Cotardâe(tm)s Syndrome. He believes he is dead. Which makes his job as a hired assassin neutralising âe~problemsâe(tm) for DBG, a massive multinational corporation, very simple. He carries out the task âe" 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 himâe¦
A world that exists in the shadow of our own . . . John Twelve Hawks's previous novels about the mystical Travellers and the Brethren, their ruthless enemies, generated an extraordinary following around the world. In The Golden City, Twelve Hawks delivers the climax to his spellbinding epic. Struggling to protect the legacy of his Traveller father, Gabriel faces troubling new questions and relentless threats. His brother Michael, now firmly allied with the enemy, pursues his ambition to wrest power from Nathan Boone, the calculating leader of the Brethren. And Maya, the Harlequin warrior pledged to protect Gabriel at all costs, is forced to make a choice that will change her life forever.
At the start of the engrossing second entry in the Fourth Realm trilogy, the Brethren continue to control civilization through a computerized information system, the Vast Machine, and a host of offshoot surveillance technologies. Opposed to the Brethren are the Travelers, an ancient clan with the mystical ability to slip in and out of several dimensions. The Travelers are guarded by Halequins, a warrior caste with sharp swords and ferociously lethal skills. In the Cain and Abel story at the book's heart, the quest of two Travelers, brothers Gabriel and Michael Corrigan, to find their legendary father has split them irrevocably: Gabriel fights for the forces of good, Miahael has turned to the dark side