The Golden City: A Novel (Fourth Realm Trilogy)

• Publisher:   Doubleday
• Number Of Pages:   368
• Publication Date:   2009-09-08
• ISBN-10 / ASIN:   0385514301
• ISBN-13 / EAN:   9780385514309

A world that exists in the shadow of our own . . . the thrilling conclusion to John Twelve Hawks's Fourth Realm trilogy, The Golden City is packed with the knife-edge tension, intriguing characters, and startling plot twists that made The Traveler and The Dark River international hits. John Twelve Hawks's previous novels about the mystical Travelers and the Brethren, their ruthless enemies, generated an extraordinary following around the world. The Washington Post wrote that The Traveler “portrays a Big Brother with powers far beyond anything Orwell could imagine . . .” and Publishers Weekly hailed the series as “a saga that's part A Wrinkle in Time, part The Matrix and part Kurosawa epic.” Internet chat rooms and blogs have overflowed with speculation about the final destiny of the richly imagined characters fighting an epic battle beneath the surface of our modern world. In The Golden City, Twelve Hawks delivers the climax to his spellbinding epic. Struggling to protect the legacy of his Traveler father, Gabriel faces troubling new questions and relentless threats. His brother Michael, now firmly allied with the enemy, pursues his ambition to wrest power from Nathan Boone, the calculating leader of the Brethren. And Maya, the Harlequin warrior pledged to protect Gabriel at all costs, is forced to make a choice that will change her life forever. A riveting blend of high-tech thriller and fast-paced adventure, The Golden City will delight Twelve Hawks's many fans and attract a new audience to the entire trilogy.

The final book in the Fourth Realm Trilogy, The Golden City, is full of the same fast-paced action and suspense that made his previous books such mesmerizing page-turners. John Twelve Hawks writes several chillingly realistic speeches delivered by the character of Michael, the Cold Traveler. I think an overwhelming number of educated people could easily see a power-hungry political leader using the technology described in the book, such as the Guardian Angel RFIDs (which exist outside of the novel currently), and foisting it on the public through the use of fear and rhetoric. In this final novel, you can really see the author maturing as a novelist. The descriptions are poignant and in some cases more nuanced than when he started with his first book. Also, several of the characters become fully fleshed out such as Hollis and Boone in this story. If you are a fan of The Traveler, you will most certainly not be disappointed with this book, nor its satisfying conclusion.

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