The Reviver - Softcover

Seth Patrick

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1447213394 ISBN 13: 9781447213390

Publisher: Pan, 2014

Synopsis

Reviver is an action-packed supernatural thriller from debut author seth patrick, that is perfect for all fans of justin cronin, stephen king and dean koontz. Revivers. Able to wake the recently dead and let them bear witness to their own demise. Twelve years after the first reviver came to light, they have become accepted by an uneasy public. The testimony of the dead is permitted in courtrooms across the world. Forensic revival is a routine part of police investigation.

About this title

About the Author:

Seth Patrick was born in Northern Ireland. An Oxford mathematics graduate, he spent the last decade working as a programmer in an award-winning games company before becoming a full-time writer. He lives in England with his wife and two young children. Reviver, his debut novel, is the first in a trilogy. Film rights have been optioned by Legendary Pictures, the company behind Inception and Man of Steel.

From Booklist:

Apparently, the ability to revive dead people—to bring them briefly back to a semblance of life—has existed for a long time. Only recently, though, has it come to light, sparking an entirely new field of scientific and spiritual study—and a new form of criminal investigation. Jonah Miller, a Reviver, works for the police, bringing recently deceased people back to (temporary) life so they can speak one last time with their loved ones or, even better, finger the people who killed them. When a high-profile journalist, the man who first popularized reviving, is murdered, Jonah teams up with the dead man’s daughter to find the killer, uncovering secrets in the process that impact his own life in horrific ways. This is a gutsy book. The author has taken a fairly wild premise and presented it in a matter-of-fact, cop-novel way; we either buy into it or we don’t. Helping us decide in the affirmative is Jonah himself, a lead character who has what it takes to anchor a genre-bending series. An interesting debut. --David Pitt

About this edition

• Publisher: Pan
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1447213394
• ISBN 13: 9781447213390
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 432