Strindberg's Star
Published on 1. June 2012
464 pages
978-0-85789-680-3 (ISBN)
Description
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China, 1895
In the shifting sands of the Taklimakan Desert, a new Pompeii has come to light and, with it, two remarkable artefacts - a metal ankh and star, covered in strange inscriptions.
The Arctic, 1897
A hydrogen balloon is readied for a polar voyage. Publicly, it is a patriotic attempt to put Sweden in the lead of the race to the North Pole. Privately, the three men on board are committed to another, much more dangerous mission...
Sweden, 2011
260 meters under the earth, in a long-flooded mineshaft, a diver's torchbeam plays over a corpse with a fist-sized hole in its forehead. Skeletal fingers clutch a metal amulet. It is the key to the annals of a secret history so deeply buried that the few who knew of it thought it lost forever. Until now...
China, 1895
In the shifting sands of the Taklimakan Desert, a new Pompeii has come to light and, with it, two remarkable artefacts - a metal ankh and star, covered in strange inscriptions.
The Arctic, 1897
A hydrogen balloon is readied for a polar voyage. Publicly, it is a patriotic attempt to put Sweden in the lead of the race to the North Pole. Privately, the three men on board are committed to another, much more dangerous mission...
Sweden, 2011
260 meters under the earth, in a long-flooded mineshaft, a diver's torchbeam plays over a corpse with a fist-sized hole in its forehead. Skeletal fingers clutch a metal amulet. It is the key to the annals of a secret history so deeply buried that the few who knew of it thought it lost forever. Until now...
Reviews / Votes
A blockbuster debut... Strindberg's Star is a sensational globe-spanning thrill ride * Daily Express * With elements of Jules Verne-style adventure and Stieg Larsson edginess, Strindberg's Star gathers pace rapidly and ratchets up the tension... The combination of intrigue, action and accurate detail form an engrossing first novel * Irish Examiner * a sensational globe-spanning thrill ride of a novel... the combination of intrigue, action and accurate detail forms an engrossing first novel * Express *More details
Edition
Main
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Atlantic Books
File size
2,84 MB
ISBN-13
978-0-85789-680-3 (9780857896803)
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Person
Jan Wallentin is a journalist based in Stockholm, Sweden. Strindberg's Star is his first novel.
Content
- Intro
- Title page
- Copyright page
- Dedication page
- Contents
- The Invitation
- 1
- 1 Niflheim
- 2 Dalakuriren
- 3 The Æsir Murder
- 4 Bubbe
- 5 Copper Vitriol
- 6 Up into the Light
- 7 A Secret
- 8 Northbound E4
- 9 La Rivista Italiana dei Misteri e dell'Occulto
- 10 Don Titelman
- 11 Solrød Strand
- 12 The Interrogation
- 13 The Dream
- 14 Eberlein
- 15 Elena
- 16 Strindberg
- 17 The Awakening
- 18 The Eagle
- 19 The Postcard
- 20 The Syringe
- 21 The Ankh
- 22 The Station
- 23 The Car
- 2
- 24 Ypres
- 25 Saint Martin d'Ypres
- 26 Stadsarchief
- 27 In Flanders Fields
- 28 Saint Charles de Potyze
- 29 The Glass Capsules
- 30 Les Suprêmes Adieux
- 31 The Telephone
- 32 The Tower
- 33 The Visit
- 34 The Login
- 35 Mittelpunkt der Welt
- 36 Wewelsburg
- 37 The Blindness
- 38 The North Tower
- 39 Brüderkrankenhaus St. Josef
- 40 Mechelen-Berlin
- 41 Healed
- 42 Changing Tracks
- 3
- 43 ????????
- 44 Yamal
- 45 The Seventy-seventh Parallel
- 46 The Third Day
- 47 Agusto Lytton
- 48 Eva Strand
- 49 Jansen
- 50 Under the Surface
- 51 Changing Course
- 52 The Opening
- 53 The Black Sun
- 54 The North Star
- 55 Gone with the Wind
- The Letter
- Acknowledgments
- Note on the Author
