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. The Traverlers, now
The traveler: a novel
β Scribed by John Twelve Hawks
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 250 KB
- Edition
- 1st ed
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 0385515774
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β¦ Synopsis
A world that exists in the shadows of our own.
A conflict we will never see.
One woman stands between those determined to control history and those who will risk their lives for freedom.
Maya is hiding in plain sight in London. The twenty-six-year-old has abandoned the dangerous obligations pressed upon her by her father, and chosen instead to live a normal life. But Maya comes from a long line of people who call themselves Harlequins--a fierce group of warriors willing to sacrifice their lives to protect a select few known as Travelers.
Gabriel and Michael Corrigan are brothers living in Los Angeles. Since childhood, the young men have been shaped by stories that their late father was a Traveler, one of a small band of prophets who have vastly influenced the course of history. Travelers are able to attain pure enlightenment, and have for centuries ushered change into the world. Gabriel and Michael, who may have inherited their father's gifts, have...
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