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Ice Limit»rank: 158620par: Douglas Preston
Chroniques et points de vue: Amazon.com: Billionaire Palmer Lloyd is accustomed to getting what he wants--and what he wants for his new museum is the largest meteorite on earth. Unfortunately for Lloyd, it's buried on an inhospitable Chilean island just north of the Ice Limit in the most brutal, unforgiving seas in the world. Fortunately for Lloyd, he knows people--people like Eli Glinn, the hyper-focused president of Effective Engineering Solutions, Inc.; Glinn's nonconformist, genius of a mathematician, Rachel Amira; and the uncannily able construction engineer, Manuel Garza. Lloyd's also tapped the brilliant but disgraced meteorite hunter, Sam McFarlane, and the exceptional supertanker captain, Sally Britton, whose career was unshipped by intemperance and a reef. Of course, such a team has a hefty price tag: Lloyd's broad features narrowed. 'And that is... 'EES's plan is to obtain mining rights to the island, secure the allegiance of various Chilean functionaries via blinding sums of money, disguise a state-of- the-art supertanker as a decrepit ore rig, mine the rock, slip it into the ship, and zip back to New York to thunderous notoriety. Unforeseen, however, are a rogue Chilean naval captain, seas to make Sebastian Junger boot, and a blood-red meteorite of undetermined pedigree and a habit of discharging billions of volts of electricity for no apparent reason. Like Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child's earlier collaborations (Relic, Thunderhead, and others), The Ice Limit tools along swiftly, blending nicely drawn characters (excepting, regrettably, the book's true protagonist, the meteorite), a reasonably exciting narrative, and enough graspable science and plausible-seeming theories to bring readers happily up to speed and keep them climax-bound. Not the authors' best effort, certainly, but a fine diversion nonetheless. --Michael Hudson |
La chambre des curiosités (Thriller)»rank: 329585par: Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child, Sebastian Danchin
Chroniques et points de vue: Amazon.com: Billionaire Palmer Lloyd is accustomed to getting what he wants--and what he wants for his new museum is the largest meteorite on earth. Unfortunately for Lloyd, it's buried on an inhospitable Chilean island just north of the Ice Limit in the most brutal, unforgiving seas in the world. Fortunately for Lloyd, he knows people--people like Eli Glinn, the hyper-focused president of Effective Engineering Solutions, Inc.; Glinn's nonconformist, genius of a mathematician, Rachel Amira; and the uncannily able construction engineer, Manuel Garza. Lloyd's also tapped the brilliant but disgraced meteorite hunter, Sam McFarlane, and the exceptional supertanker captain, Sally Britton, whose career was unshipped by intemperance and a reef. Of course, such a team has a hefty price tag: Lloyd's broad features narrowed. 'And that is... 'EES's plan is to obtain mining rights to the island, secure the allegiance of various Chilean functionaries via blinding sums of money, disguise a state-of- the-art supertanker as a decrepit ore rig, mine the rock, slip it into the ship, and zip back to New York to thunderous notoriety. Unforeseen, however, are a rogue Chilean naval captain, seas to make Sebastian Junger boot, and a blood-red meteorite of undetermined pedigree and a habit of discharging billions of volts of electricity for no apparent reason. Like Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child's earlier collaborations (Relic, Thunderhead, and others), The Ice Limit tools along swiftly, blending nicely drawn characters (excepting, regrettably, the book's true protagonist, the meteorite), a reasonably exciting narrative, and enough graspable science and plausible-seeming theories to bring readers happily up to speed and keep them climax-bound. Not the authors' best effort, certainly, but a fine diversion nonetheless. --Michael Hudson |
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Le violon du diable»rank: 516982par: Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child, Sebastian Danchin
Chroniques et points de vue: Amazon.com: Billionaire Palmer Lloyd is accustomed to getting what he wants--and what he wants for his new museum is the largest meteorite on earth. Unfortunately for Lloyd, it's buried on an inhospitable Chilean island just north of the Ice Limit in the most brutal, unforgiving seas in the world. Fortunately for Lloyd, he knows people--people like Eli Glinn, the hyper-focused president of Effective Engineering Solutions, Inc.; Glinn's nonconformist, genius of a mathematician, Rachel Amira; and the uncannily able construction engineer, Manuel Garza. Lloyd's also tapped the brilliant but disgraced meteorite hunter, Sam McFarlane, and the exceptional supertanker captain, Sally Britton, whose career was unshipped by intemperance and a reef. Of course, such a team has a hefty price tag: Lloyd's broad features narrowed. 'And that is... 'EES's plan is to obtain mining rights to the island, secure the allegiance of various Chilean functionaries via blinding sums of money, disguise a state-of- the-art supertanker as a decrepit ore rig, mine the rock, slip it into the ship, and zip back to New York to thunderous notoriety. Unforeseen, however, are a rogue Chilean naval captain, seas to make Sebastian Junger boot, and a blood-red meteorite of undetermined pedigree and a habit of discharging billions of volts of electricity for no apparent reason. Like Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child's earlier collaborations (Relic, Thunderhead, and others), The Ice Limit tools along swiftly, blending nicely drawn characters (excepting, regrettably, the book's true protagonist, the meteorite), a reasonably exciting narrative, and enough graspable science and plausible-seeming theories to bring readers happily up to speed and keep them climax-bound. Not the authors' best effort, certainly, but a fine diversion nonetheless. --Michael Hudson |
Le grenier des enfers»rank: 280205par: Preston Douglas
Chroniques et points de vue: Amazon.fr: En recherchant dans les égouts de New York un kilo de cocaïne jeté par un dealer, un plongeur de la brigade fluviale remonte deux cadavres sans tête, presque réduits à l'état de squelettes. Ils portent des marques de morsures qui n'ont pu être infligées ni par une bête, ni par un humain. On signale au lieutenant Vincent d'Agosta, chargé de l'enquête, que parmi les 'taupes', ces sans-abris qui occupent le sous-sol de la ville, d'autres assassinats avec décapitation ont été enregistrés. Là encore, ils ne peuvent être l'oeuvre d'humains. Qui a commis ces meurtres sauvages ? Le monstre hybride que la police croyait avoir anéanti est-il de retour ? Ce thriller, fondé sur les manipulations génétiques, se déroule dans l'univers oppressant des sous-sols de la ville. On y retrouve les policiers d'Agosta et Pendergast et la scientifique Margo Green, le trio gagnant de Superstition, qui avait détruit le monstre du Muséum. Habile et efficace. --Claude Mesplède |
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Jennie»rank: 355068par: Preston Douglas
Chroniques et points de vue: Amazon.fr: En recherchant dans les égouts de New York un kilo de cocaïne jeté par un dealer, un plongeur de la brigade fluviale remonte deux cadavres sans tête, presque réduits à l'état de squelettes. Ils portent des marques de morsures qui n'ont pu être infligées ni par une bête, ni par un humain. On signale au lieutenant Vincent d'Agosta, chargé de l'enquête, que parmi les 'taupes', ces sans-abris qui occupent le sous-sol de la ville, d'autres assassinats avec décapitation ont été enregistrés. Là encore, ils ne peuvent être l'oeuvre d'humains. Qui a commis ces meurtres sauvages ? Le monstre hybride que la police croyait avoir anéanti est-il de retour ? Ce thriller, fondé sur les manipulations génétiques, se déroule dans l'univers oppressant des sous-sols de la ville. On y retrouve les policiers d'Agosta et Pendergast et la scientifique Margo Green, le trio gagnant de Superstition, qui avait détruit le monstre du Muséum. Habile et efficace. --Claude Mesplède |
Riptide»rank: 355068par: Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child
Chroniques et points de vue: Amazon.fr: En recherchant dans les égouts de New York un kilo de cocaïne jeté par un dealer, un plongeur de la brigade fluviale remonte deux cadavres sans tête, presque réduits à l'état de squelettes. Ils portent des marques de morsures qui n'ont pu être infligées ni par une bête, ni par un humain. On signale au lieutenant Vincent d'Agosta, chargé de l'enquête, que parmi les 'taupes', ces sans-abris qui occupent le sous-sol de la ville, d'autres assassinats avec décapitation ont été enregistrés. Là encore, ils ne peuvent être l'oeuvre d'humains. Qui a commis ces meurtres sauvages ? Le monstre hybride que la police croyait avoir anéanti est-il de retour ? Ce thriller, fondé sur les manipulations génétiques, se déroule dans l'univers oppressant des sous-sols de la ville. On y retrouve les policiers d'Agosta et Pendergast et la scientifique Margo Green, le trio gagnant de Superstition, qui avait détruit le monstre du Muséum. Habile et efficace. --Claude Mesplède |
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Relic»rank: 355068par: Douglas Preston
Chroniques et points de vue: Amazon.com: A series of bizarre and brutal murders is taking place in the halls of the New York Museum of Natural History, only days before a massive exhibition is set to open. Margo Green knows that the killer is something not human, something that's not even supposed to exist. Where did it come from, how did it get into the museum, and how can it be stopped? |
Riptide»rank: 355068par: Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child
Chroniques et points de vue: Amazon.com: A series of bizarre and brutal murders is taking place in the halls of the New York Museum of Natural History, only days before a massive exhibition is set to open. Margo Green knows that the killer is something not human, something that's not even supposed to exist. Where did it come from, how did it get into the museum, and how can it be stopped? |
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Jennie»rank: 455570par: Douglas Preston, Dominique Defert
Chroniques et points de vue: Amazon.com: A series of bizarre and brutal murders is taking place in the halls of the New York Museum of Natural History, only days before a massive exhibition is set to open. Margo Green knows that the killer is something not human, something that's not even supposed to exist. Where did it come from, how did it get into the museum, and how can it be stopped? |
Still Life with Crows.»rank: 455570par: Douglas Preston
Chroniques et points de vue: Amazon.com: A series of bizarre and brutal murders is taking place in the halls of the New York Museum of Natural History, only days before a massive exhibition is set to open. Margo Green knows that the killer is something not human, something that's not even supposed to exist. Where did it come from, how did it get into the museum, and how can it be stopped? |