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The Traveler (Fourth Realm, Bk 1) (Large Print)
The Traveler - Fourth Realm, Bk 1 - Large Print Author:John Twelve Hawks The time is roughly the present, and the U.S. is part of the Vast Machine, a society overseen by the Tabula, a secret organization bent on establishing a perfectly controlled populace. Alled against the Tabula are the Travelers and their sword-carrying protectors, the Harlequins, a fierce group of warriors willing to sacrifice their lives to pro... more »tect a select few known as Travelers. The Travlers, now almost extinct, can project their spirit into other worlds where they receive wisdom to bring back to earth, wisdom that threatens the Tabula's power.
Since childhood, the brothers Gabriel and Michael Corrigan have been shaped by stories that their father was a Traveler, one of an elite group of prophets able to attain pure enlightenment. The Corrigans, who may have inherited their father’s gifts, have always lived “off the grid”, that is, invisible to the intricate surveillance networks that monitor people in our modern world.
In London, Maya, a twenty-six-year-old young woman, has abandoned the dangerous obligations pressed upon her by her father, who trained her to fight, and chosen instead to try and live a normal life. She uses the latest technology to elude detection when walking past the thousands of surveillance cameras that watch the city, hiding in plain sight. But Maya comes from a long line of Harlequins, a fierce group of warriors willing to sacrifice their lives to protect a select few known as Travelers. Maya, a reluctant Harlequin, finds herself compelled by her ailing father to protect Michael and Gabriel Corrigan, native Travelers, two young men living just beneath the glittering surface of life in Los Angeles California. Because the Tabula has engineered a way to use the Travelers for its own purposes, now one woman stands between those determined to control history and those who will risk their lives for freedom. Also searching for the brothers is Nathan Boone, a disciplined mercenary working for the Tabulas. Maya must not only keep the brothers alive, but out of the hands of these evil puppet-masters. She succeeds, but she also fails, and therein lies the tale.
Moving from the back alleys of Prague to the heart of Los Angeles, from the high deserts of Arizona to a guarded research facility in New York, The Traveler explores a parallel world that exists alongside our own.« less