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SYNDROME E
THILLIEZ, FRANCK
Skylight Books – Hotlist Fall 2012
Already a runaway bestseller in France, Syndrome E tells the story of beleaguered detective Lucie Hennebelle,
whose old friend has developed a case of spontaneous blindness after watching an extremely rare—and violent
—film from the 1950s. Embedded in the film are subliminal images so unspeakably heinous that Lucie realizes
she must get to the bottom of it—especially when nearly everyone who comes into contact with the film starts
turning up dead. Enlisting the help of Inspector Franck Sharko—a brooding, broken analyst for the Paris police
who is exploring the film’s connection to five murdered men left in the woods, Lucie begins to strip away the
layers of what is perhaps the most disturbing and powerful film ever made. Soon Sharko and Lucie find
themselves mired in a darkness that spreads across politics, religion, science, and art while stretching from
France to Canada, Egypt to Rwanda, and beyond. And just who is responsible for this darkness will blow readers
minds, as Syndrome E forces them to consider: what if the earliest and most brilliant advances and discoveries
of neuroscience were not used for good—but for evil.
FICTION 1ST PRINTING 100,000
VIKING 384 PAGES
9780670025787
$28.50 HC
AUGUST 2012
TALE TELLER
GLICKMAN, SUSAN
The second novel from acclaimed poet Susan Glickman.
FICTION 1ST PRINTING 3000 IN CANADA
CORMORANT BOOKS
9781770862050
$21.95 TP Original
OCTOBER 2012
THE TALISMAN
KING, STEPHEN & STRAUB, PETER
Jack Sawyer, twelve years old, is about to begin a most fantastic journey, an exalting, terrifying quest for the
mystical Talisman—the only thing that can save Jack’s dying mother. But to reach his goal, Jack must make his
way not only across the breadth of the United States but also through the wondrous and menacing parallel world
of the Territories. In the Territories, Jack finds another realm, where the air is so sweet and clear a man can
smell a radish being pulled from the ground a mile away—and a life can be snuffed out instantly in the continuing
struggle between good and evil. Here Jack discovers “Twinners,” reflections of the people he knows on earth—
most notably Queen Laura, the “Twinner” of Jack’s own imperiled mother. As Jack “flips” between worlds, making
his way westward toward the redemptive Talisman, a sequence of heart-stopping encounters challenges him at
every step.
FICTION 1ST PRINTING 20,000
SCRIBNER 768 PAGES
9781451694918
$40.00 HC
NOVEMBER 2012
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