Three Days to Never: A Novel
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Peter Straub
“Seriously scary…Powers uses his trademark slight warpings of local knowledge and little bends of legends, lore and religion to underwrite an intriguing story. He’s been getting gradually darker and grimmer about the really horrid things that lurk behind our perceived reality…. Powers’s notions are always worth a look. He can fashion a political/religious/historical conspiracy out of string, lint and crumpled paper and polish it until it shines like a Cartier bauble.”
San Diego Union-Tribune
“Plenty of action, humor and unexpectedly touching human drama. For those who have never read Powers before, this might be a…welcoming entry point to his singular fictional universe…Powers [has] considerable gifts…. [Three Days to Never] contains so many genuine pleasures.”
San Francisco Chronicle
“Powers delivers another top-notch supernatural spy thriller…. In typical Powers fashion, his characters’ spiritual need to undo past sins or mistakes propels the ingenious plot, which manages to be intricate without becoming convoluted, to its highly satisfying conclusion.”
Publishers Weekly (*Starred Review*)
“Tim Powers is an uncommon literary talent. His exceedingly readable novels…are equal parts dark fantasy, spy thriller and historical fiction. Sometimes there’s even a little bit of Peter Straub-style horror thrown in for good measure. If heavenly muses were to put Dean Koontz, John Le Carré and Robert Parker into a creative blender, then molded the mix into a brand-new writer, the result would be something akin to Tim Powers. With Three Days to Never Powers has once again seen fit to cobble up another mind-boggling, heart-stopping, smile-inducing fantasy-thriller…. [An] intense, downhill-race of a story.”
Denver Post
“Tim Powers is known for densely packed fantasy novels that play on history, time travel and spirits in other dimensions…. Three Days to Never combines the style of a spy thriller with time travel and a look at the bonds between a father and daughter. I recommend it both for science-fiction fans and for people who enjoy following a strong plot and bizarre characters.”
Reno Gazette-Journal
“Powers’s skill at plotting is undeniable…. Any reader looking for a different literary experience should check [him] out.”
Chicago Tribune
Other Books By Tim Powers
THREE DAYS TO NEVER
EARTHQUAKE WEATHER
EXPIRATION DATE
LAST CALL
THE STRESS OF HER REGARD
ON STRANGER TIDES
DINNER AT DEVIANT’S PALACE
THE ANUBIS GATES
THE DRAWING OF THE DARK
AN EPITAPH IN RUST
THE SKIES DISCROWNED
Copyright
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, organizations, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
THREE DAYS TO NEVER. Copyright © 2006 by Tim Powers. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.
EPub Edition © OCTOBER 2007 ISBN: 9780061806711
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