The Second Sleep
Author: Harris, Robert
ISBN: 9781787460966
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK
Year first published: 21 Mar 2023
Pages: 448
Format: Paperback / softback
Plt;bPgt;FROM THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING AUTHORPlt;/bPgt;
Plt;bPgt;WHAT IF YOUR FUTURE LIES IN THE PAST?Plt;/bPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;P#39;One word: Plt;bPgt;wonderfulPlt;/bPgt;. Two words: Plt;bPgt;compulsive readingPlt;/bPgt;. Three words: Plt;bPgt;buy it tomorrowPlt;/bPgt;. Four words: Plt;bPgt;tonight, if possiblePlt;/bPgt;.P#39; Plt;bPgt;STEPHEN KINGPlt;/bPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;P#39;A thoroughly absorbing, page-turning narrative.P#39; Plt;bPgt;Plt;iPgt;SUNDAY TIMESPlt;/iPgt;Plt;/bPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;P#39;Genuinely thrilling.P#39; Plt;bPgt;Plt;iPgt;DAILY TELEGRAPHPlt;/iPgt;Plt;/bPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Plt;bPgt;Dusk is gatheringPlt;/bPgt; Plt;bPgt;as a young priest, Christopher Fairfax, rides across a silent land.Plt;/bPgt;Plt;BRPgt;He must arrive at a remote village in the wilds of Exmoor before night falls. HeP#39;s lost and heP#39;s becoming anxious as he slowly picks his way across a countryside strewn with the ancient artefacts of a civilisation that seems to have ended in cataclysm.Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;What Fairfax cannot know is that, in the days and weeks to come, everything he believes in will be tested as he uncovers a secret that is as dangerous as it is terrifying . . .Plt;BRPgt;P#39; Harris takes us on a thrilling ride while serving up serious food for thought.P#39; Plt;bPgt;Plt;iPgt;SUNDAY EXPRESSPlt;/iPgt;Plt;/bPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;P#39;A truly surprising future-history thriller. Fabulous, really.P#39; Plt;bPgt;Plt;iPgt;EVENING STANDARDPlt;/iPgt;Plt;/bPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;P#39;The bookP#39;s real power lies in its between-the-lines warning that our embrace of the internet represents some kind of sleepwalk into oblivion. ItP#39;s a provocative, tub-thumping sci-fi of which H. G. Wells might have been proud.P#39; Plt;iPgt;Plt;bPgt;DAILY MAILPlt;/bPgt;Plt;/iPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;P#39;HarrisP#39; latest work intelligently warps historical fiction and tackles issues of religion, science and the apocalypse in the process. As he flexes his imagination, you will be left pondering as often as you are page-turning.P#39; Plt;bPgt;Plt;iPgt;HERALDPlt;/iPgt;Plt;/bPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;P#39;A brilliantly imaginative thrillerP#39; Plt;bPgt;Plt;iPgt;READERP#39;S DIGESTPlt;/iPgt;Plt;/bPgt;
ISBN: 9781787460966
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK
Year first published: 21 Mar 2023
Pages: 448
Format: Paperback / softback
Plt;bPgt;FROM THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING AUTHORPlt;/bPgt;
Plt;bPgt;WHAT IF YOUR FUTURE LIES IN THE PAST?Plt;/bPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;P#39;One word: Plt;bPgt;wonderfulPlt;/bPgt;. Two words: Plt;bPgt;compulsive readingPlt;/bPgt;. Three words: Plt;bPgt;buy it tomorrowPlt;/bPgt;. Four words: Plt;bPgt;tonight, if possiblePlt;/bPgt;.P#39; Plt;bPgt;STEPHEN KINGPlt;/bPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;P#39;A thoroughly absorbing, page-turning narrative.P#39; Plt;bPgt;Plt;iPgt;SUNDAY TIMESPlt;/iPgt;Plt;/bPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;P#39;Genuinely thrilling.P#39; Plt;bPgt;Plt;iPgt;DAILY TELEGRAPHPlt;/iPgt;Plt;/bPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Plt;bPgt;Dusk is gatheringPlt;/bPgt; Plt;bPgt;as a young priest, Christopher Fairfax, rides across a silent land.Plt;/bPgt;Plt;BRPgt;He must arrive at a remote village in the wilds of Exmoor before night falls. HeP#39;s lost and heP#39;s becoming anxious as he slowly picks his way across a countryside strewn with the ancient artefacts of a civilisation that seems to have ended in cataclysm.Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;What Fairfax cannot know is that, in the days and weeks to come, everything he believes in will be tested as he uncovers a secret that is as dangerous as it is terrifying . . .Plt;BRPgt;P#39; Harris takes us on a thrilling ride while serving up serious food for thought.P#39; Plt;bPgt;Plt;iPgt;SUNDAY EXPRESSPlt;/iPgt;Plt;/bPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;P#39;A truly surprising future-history thriller. Fabulous, really.P#39; Plt;bPgt;Plt;iPgt;EVENING STANDARDPlt;/iPgt;Plt;/bPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;P#39;The bookP#39;s real power lies in its between-the-lines warning that our embrace of the internet represents some kind of sleepwalk into oblivion. ItP#39;s a provocative, tub-thumping sci-fi of which H. G. Wells might have been proud.P#39; Plt;iPgt;Plt;bPgt;DAILY MAILPlt;/bPgt;Plt;/iPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;P#39;HarrisP#39; latest work intelligently warps historical fiction and tackles issues of religion, science and the apocalypse in the process. As he flexes his imagination, you will be left pondering as often as you are page-turning.P#39; Plt;bPgt;Plt;iPgt;HERALDPlt;/iPgt;Plt;/bPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;P#39;A brilliantly imaginative thrillerP#39; Plt;bPgt;Plt;iPgt;READERP#39;S DIGESTPlt;/iPgt;Plt;/bPgt;
