Eden - Part 1 - The Eden series #1

J. Sharpe

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Eden by dutch writer J. Sharpe - who is often compared with Stephen King, Peter Straub and Dean Koontz - is a apocalyptic horror/fantasy novel which was nominated for a Bastaard Fantasy Award in 2016. 
Angels: they’re among us. I would know. There’s one trapped inside of me. But the image you probably have of these “helpers of God” is wrong, I guarantee it. They are all maniacal assholes. 
Anna Meisner awakes, naked and afraid, tied to a chair in a dark room. Across from her sits a woman who is her spitting image. With tears in her eyes, the woman puts a gun against her head and kills herself. Anna is not found until days later and in a state of hypothermia, moments from dying. But when she wakes in the hospital, she finds that the police doesn’t see her as a victim, but as a suspect. It’s the beginning of a series of catastrophic events in which she has no choice but to to play a part. Is this the end of humanity?

Disponibile da: 16/01/2018.

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