
What I Tell You in the Dark
John Samuel(Author)
Overlook Press
Published on 5. January 2016
Book
Hardback
255 pages
978-1-4683-1245-4 (ISBN)
Description
A nameless angel has been out of God's favor since things went wrong with his last mission, 2,000 years ago. He has spent the intervening millennia watching the humanity he so loves fall into moral disrepair. Lately, he's been watching Will, a businessman attempting to expose his company's dark dealings to the press. Will's campaign is not going well.In a moment of weakness and bravado, the angel decides to take over Will--"jumping in" as he did over two millennia ago. What follows is a mortal struggle between good and evil, as cosmic forces fight to maintain the status quo. As Will begins to lose his grip on himself and his mission, the reader is forced to question whose reckoning this is: Are these the delusions of a man crushed by the hypocrisies of modern society? Or the actions of an angel desperate to right our wrongs?Powerfully written, fast paced, and perfect for fans of Chuck Palahniuk, Joe Hill, and Bret Easton Ellis, What I Tell You in the Dark is an unsettling story of omnipotence, mayhem, capitalism, and corruption-a violet struggle between intentions and their consequences played out on a grand scale.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Dimensions
Height: 210 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
363 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4683-1245-4 (9781468312454)
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Person
John Samuel is the pseudonym of Sam Le Quesne, former editor of travel and food titles at Time Out Guides. He currently works as a communications adviser and speechwriter. What I Tell You in the Dark is his first novel.