The Presence

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strange archaelogical discovery. Secret medical experiments on an island paradise. A scientific theory tom from today's headlines. John Saul, the New York Times bestselling author of The Blackstone Chronicles, weaves these chilling elements into his most frightening növel yet. It is an offer anthropologist Katharine Sundquist cannot refuse. A chance to study the unusual skeletal remains unearthed on the volcanic flanks of Haleakala, Maui. Yet for Katharine's sixteen-year-old son, Michael, the sudden move is jarring. It's the last thing he needs while struggling with the still painful death of his father. And here, beyond the sparkling beaches, masked by the deceptive beauty of the rainforest, a terrible danger waits. As white-hot magma spews from the volcano on the Big Island, sending a life-choking vog over Maui, and below the black depths of the Pacific a substance far more deadly than lava snakes through undiscovered fissures in the ocean floor, nature itself seems to portend the... Tovább

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strange archaelogical discovery. Secret medical experiments on an island paradise. A scientific theory tom from today's headlines. John Saul, the New York Times bestselling author of The Blackstone Chronicles, weaves these chilling elements into his most frightening növel yet. It is an offer anthropologist Katharine Sundquist cannot refuse. A chance to study the unusual skeletal remains unearthed on the volcanic flanks of Haleakala, Maui. Yet for Katharine's sixteen-year-old son, Michael, the sudden move is jarring. It's the last thing he needs while struggling with the still painful death of his father. And here, beyond the sparkling beaches, masked by the deceptive beauty of the rainforest, a terrible danger waits. As white-hot magma spews from the volcano on the Big Island, sending a life-choking vog over Maui, and below the black depths of the Pacific a substance far more deadly than lava snakes through undiscovered fissures in the ocean floor, nature itself seems to portend the terror to come. It begins with a videó transmission so shocking that Katharine cannot believe what flashes on her computer screen- then instantly, inexplicably, vanishes. Secret deliveries in the dead of night to a restricted wing of the high-tech laboratory in which she works signal that behind locked doors somé sinister experiment is unfolding. (continued on back flap)
(continued from front flap) And then, with the sudden, unexplained death of Michael's friend, a disturbing truth dawns: the Corporation that is funding Katharine's dig has a far greater investment than she has imagined- an investment in medical terror. And her son may be part of their hideous grand plan. Michael's chances of survival: next to none. If you feel your chest tightening in terror... an icy shiver creeping up your spiné... a burning sensation throbbing in your legs ... or a panicky feeling that someone-something-\s following you... then you've been exposed to The Presence. JOHN SAUL's first növel, Sufferthe Children, published in 1977, was an immediate millioncopy bestseller. He has since written eighteen successive bestselling novels of suspense, including Black Lightning, Guardian, and The Homing. He is most recently the author of the l\lew York Times bestselling serial thriller The Blackstone Chronicles, published in six installments earlier this year. Mr. Saul divides his time between Seattle, Washington, and Maui, Hawaii. Vissza