Ya está a la venta The Fifth Heart, la nueva novela de Dan Simmons. Ésta es su sinopsis:In 1893, Sherlock Holmes and Henry James come to America together to investigate the suicide of Clover Adams, wife of the esteemed historian Henry Adams - a member of the family that has given the United States two Presidents. Quickly, the investigators deduce that there's more to Clover's death than meets the eye - with issues of national importance at stake.Holmes is currently on his Great Hiatus - his three-year absence after Reichenbach Falls during which time the people of London believe him to be deceased. The disturbed Holmes has faked his own death and now, as he meets James, is questioning what is real and what is not.Holmes' theories shake James to the core. What can this master storyteller do to fight against the sinister power - possibly Moriarty - that may or may not be controlling them from the shadows? And what was Holmes' role in Moriarty's rise?Conspiracy, action and mystery meet in this superb literary hall of mirrors from the author of Drood.
Desde luego si hay un autor que sea auténticamente polifacético es Dan Simmons. Este hombre ha tocado casi todos los géneros con bastante éxito. Hyperion es una pasada, pero es que las novelas de Joe Kurtz las destrocé. Me engancharon irremediablemente. Tengo pendiente por leer alguna suya de horrorcomo La Canción de Kali o Terror y alguna "histórica" como ésta o aquella protagonizada por Hemingway.
ResponderEliminarHe de decir que de Dan Simmons sólo Hyperion me convenció completamente. La canción de Kali, psché, y lo de Ilium me pareció un intento torpe de repetir la fórmula de Hyperion. Tampoco he leído mucho más suyo, lo reconozco.
ResponderEliminarBueno, habrá que valorar la posibilidad de echar un vistazo a alguna de estas pseudohistóricas a ver que tal. La de Hemingway se llama The Crook Factory, por cierto.
ResponderEliminarA mí lo pseudohistórico no me suele atraer demasiado.
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