- Taschenbuch: 496 Seiten
- Verlag: Del Rey (29. Juli 2003)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0345430379
- ISBN-13: 978-0345430373
- Vom Hersteller empfohlenes Alter: 14 - 18 Jahre
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 2,3 x 1,6 x 0,3 cm
- Durchschnittliche Kundenbewertung: 3.3 von 5 Sternen Alle Rezensionen anzeigen (3 Kundenrezensionen)
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 1.199.883 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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In a strange manuscript, physicist and mystic Yosef Kobinski, interned at Auschwitz, claims to have discovered a physical law of good and evil. Half a century later, a young American wave physicist finds something unusual that impels her to search for the manuscript. When her search crosses paths with those of an Orthodox rabbi and a feature writer who are also on Kobinski's trail, she finds herself on the run from intelligence agents who think the manuscript may contain a code for a powerful weapon. Her predicament constitutes proof, were any needed, that there is indeed a link between good and evil. The book plays out as it has begun, in rather standard thriller fashion. Jensen keeps it moving, though, and her characters, if not always sympathetic, are fully developed. In this, her second novel, she gives lessons in style to many thriller writers with longer publication lists. Frieda Murray
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
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Adult/High School-Denton Wylie, a rich and charming tabloid writer, is researching an article about unexplained disappearances. Rabbi Aharon Handalman studies Kabbalah in Jerusalem and searches obsessively for "divinely implanted" coded messages in the Torah. Big, bad Calder Farris is a Marine Intelligence operative on the trail of cutting-edge scientific research that can yield new weapons technology. The ambitious young physicist Jill Talcott is secretly testing a revolutionary new theory in wave mechanics. The paths of these people converge in a search for missing pieces of a lost manuscript written at Auschwitz by a Polish rabbi, physicist, and mystic who vanished in front of witnesses 50 years ago. Modern physics and Kabbalah merge in Kobinski's manuscript, and as the four main characters pursue different aspects of the knowledge it contains, their quest delivers them deep into their own private hells. Although this genre-defying tale takes on weighty issues, Jensen's impressive mastery of fictional technique-plotting, humor, sympathetic characters, a great McGuffin, and lots of suspense-makes it feel like much lighter fare. The middle section is a bit hard to get through, but by then most readers will be hooked enough to stick around for the fitting denouement. This interesting story has obvious appeal for SF and suspense fans, but it is also an enjoyable exercise in the arcane for readers intrigued by codes, psychology, and mysticism.
Christine C. Menefee, Fairfax County Public Library,
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Christine C. Menefee, Fairfax County Public Library,
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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An ambitious young physicist,various secret service agents, a journalist with a torturing past and a taste for the occult, and several Jewish cabbalists search for the ruling principle of the universe. A strange manuscript and messages hidden in the Thora seem to give them a lead. But before they can solve the riddle - an unleash a catastrophe- they find themselves transported to other universes and their private hells.
The novel is an unsusual mixture between historical thriller and science fiction, with some ethical dilemmas to think about. With its mixture of action, science and philosophy the book makes good, honest entertainment.
The novel is an unsusual mixture between historical thriller and science fiction, with some ethical dilemmas to think about. With its mixture of action, science and philosophy the book makes good, honest entertainment.
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PLOT: In 1942 outside the camp in Auschwitz the rabbi Yosef Kobinski disappeared in front of several witnesses. Today several different individuals are after his legacy - but all of them for different reasons.
Danton Whlye is an author for a mystery magazine and only interested in a sensational story.
Dr. Jill Talcott only wants to proceed in her work regarding wave technology and stumbles about a principle that might alter the state and fate of the world.
Calder Farris works for the Department of Defense and is spying on scientists all over world to discover a new possible weapon before others do.
And finally there is Aarhon, a rabbi in Israel, who works on secret codes and messages hidden in the Torah.
Basically they do not really have anything in common except that they all stumble over the sensational story of Yosef Kobinski. His legacy takes them to places where no man has ever been before. Places that none of them ever wanted to be and might never leave again...
The book is divided into 3 bigger chapters:
First the introduction of the lead characters and their search/hunt for each other. This part is mysterious, well written and easy to enjoy.
In the second part each of them disappears as well - separately. But why do all of them end up in extremely different places with completely dissimilar surroundings, creatures and threats? Is it each personal Garden of Eden? Each ones own personal hell? Or is each place just a simplified mirror image of the person that is captured there? These are the questions that concern the reader in the second part, the largest part of the book. Some of these "worlds" are very interesting and fascinating, other scenarios are a bit dull. Therefore some chapters are more entertaining than others. Sometimes the reader is tempted to skip a chapter to get to the better scenarios. On top it seems as if the timing is inconsistent - in some "worlds" only days pass by whereas in others several weeks go by. Overall chapters in this part slow down the reading progress.
The third part is back in the real world - and the search/hunt continues. Old enemies, old threats and of course filled with lessons learned from each personal experience.
The title "Dante's Equation" goes back to Dante's book "Inferno" which consists of several hells. But this is not to be seen as a full explanation for the second part of the book.
This second part is one reason that sets the book apart from others in the market. The other reason is the interesting mix of cutting-edge technology, relevant history, and in-depth philosophy.
If you are looking for a book different from the rest and have enough time and energy to read almost 700 pages, this story might be really entertaining.
Danton Whlye is an author for a mystery magazine and only interested in a sensational story.
Dr. Jill Talcott only wants to proceed in her work regarding wave technology and stumbles about a principle that might alter the state and fate of the world.
Calder Farris works for the Department of Defense and is spying on scientists all over world to discover a new possible weapon before others do.
And finally there is Aarhon, a rabbi in Israel, who works on secret codes and messages hidden in the Torah.
Basically they do not really have anything in common except that they all stumble over the sensational story of Yosef Kobinski. His legacy takes them to places where no man has ever been before. Places that none of them ever wanted to be and might never leave again...
The book is divided into 3 bigger chapters:
First the introduction of the lead characters and their search/hunt for each other. This part is mysterious, well written and easy to enjoy.
In the second part each of them disappears as well - separately. But why do all of them end up in extremely different places with completely dissimilar surroundings, creatures and threats? Is it each personal Garden of Eden? Each ones own personal hell? Or is each place just a simplified mirror image of the person that is captured there? These are the questions that concern the reader in the second part, the largest part of the book. Some of these "worlds" are very interesting and fascinating, other scenarios are a bit dull. Therefore some chapters are more entertaining than others. Sometimes the reader is tempted to skip a chapter to get to the better scenarios. On top it seems as if the timing is inconsistent - in some "worlds" only days pass by whereas in others several weeks go by. Overall chapters in this part slow down the reading progress.
The third part is back in the real world - and the search/hunt continues. Old enemies, old threats and of course filled with lessons learned from each personal experience.
The title "Dante's Equation" goes back to Dante's book "Inferno" which consists of several hells. But this is not to be seen as a full explanation for the second part of the book.
This second part is one reason that sets the book apart from others in the market. The other reason is the interesting mix of cutting-edge technology, relevant history, and in-depth philosophy.
If you are looking for a book different from the rest and have enough time and energy to read almost 700 pages, this story might be really entertaining.
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After reading the covertext I picked up the book at the airport. The story itself is quite intresting but the characters are flat and very singleminded. The part of the story taking place on earth is ok but once the author heads for the sf part she seems lost. She tries out a lot of diffrent concepts but none are realy convincing.
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