Published: 2006
Author: Adam Fawer
Genres: Espionage, Espionage Thrillers, Contemporary Literature, Fiction, Suspense, Thriller, Suspense Thriller, Science Fiction, Action, Adventure
This is the first book by Mr. Adam Fawer but it doesn't feel like it, because he was very successful in creating a great story with nonstop action on every page, and you can't stop reading till you are on the last page. So much suspense and action; I don't know why this book is not a movie until now. (If it is, then someone, please tell me.)
One movie that has a hint of this kind of book is "NEXT" starring Nicolas Cage but still it is nothing to compare with the book and its idea and story.
Sometimes I felt like reading a different version of Clive Cussler in terms of all the adrenalin-filled pages that make you turn page after page and leaves you breathless.
AND.
This book has nothing to do with Katherine Neville's The Eight but I was constantly thinking of it while reading this book because both are thoroughly researched and both writers used real-world knowledge and facts in writing fiction. The only thing that was kind of hard was to read the first few pages at the start of this book and I thought I will stop at the end of the seventh page because that is what I do, I always read the first seven pages of any given book to time myself, so I can tell the average time it will take to finish that book. I need to do it because I read many books at once and depending on the time it takes to finish a book and quality decides which book I will finish first, or last, or never...
Moving on...It was my great luck that I decided to continue after reaching the seventh page because I was already stuck into finding out what is going to happen next to the guy I was reading about and I was treated to one of the ten greatest story ideas that I ever read.
I will not tell anything except; it is about the idea and concept of probabilities, quantum theories, and realities. This book makes you think and gives you chills when you realize whatever you are reading can be true and maybe is true…
I don’t know if all the covers are the same and if you will get the same cover as I received; it was actually a moving cover. At first glance, it is just like any spy book or movie cover, but when I held the book in my hand; it moved. It was a 3D cover. It was an innovative idea to add a 3D cover to a book from a new writer but I liked it.
From the back cover:
“David Caine inhabits a world of obsession, rich rewards, and rapid, destructive downfalls. A compulsive gambler and a brilliant mathematician prone to crippling epileptic seizures, he possesses the uncanny ability to calculate the odds of any hand in the blink of an eye. But one night at an underground poker club, Caine makes a costly miscalculation, sending his life spinning out of control. Desperate, he agrees to test an experimental drug with unnerving side effects: inexplicable visions of the past, present, and future. Unsure whether he's perceiving an alternate reality or suffering a psychotic breakdown, Caine embarks on a journey that stretches beyond the possible into the world of the improbable. Gradually, he discovers the extent of his astonishing new ability -- but powerful, shadowy forces know Caine's secret. Now Caine must fight for his survival -- and his sanity . . .”
Rating: 100/100
Recommended: 100/100 YES.
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