English language
Published Jan. 29, 2014
In the near future, Tibor Tarent, a freelance photographer, is recalled from Anatolia to Britain when his wife, an aid worker, is killed--annihilated by a terrifying weapon that reduces its target to a triangular patch of scorched earth. A century earlier, Tommy Trent, a stage magician, is sent to the Western Front on a secret mission to render British reconnaissance aircraft invisible to the enemy. Present day: a theoretical physicist develops a new method of diverting matter, a discovery with devastating consequences that will resonate through time.
The writing was compelling, the worlds painted so beautifully and the whole idea so grand that this was well on track for a five star rating. But the end, perhaps a little too cerebral for me, let it down some. Still, worth reading just for the prose and I’d certainly give Priest another go if a book of his came across my path.
