The Gatherer - Colleen Winter

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Résumé :
It's been three years since Storm Freeman released the Gatherer, a device that brought free, infinite energy to the world. The initial reverence has receded from the world changing invention as people are afflicted with a strange, inexplicable disease. Afflicted herself, Freeman has retreated to the Yukon, to hide out from the world. When Maria Kowalski arrives - the special forces agent who first tried to stop her from releasing the Gatherer - Storm has to make a choice: stay hidden or return to the world and destroy what she created. THE GATHERER is my favourite kind of Crichton-esque thriller: smart, compelling, and beautifully written. - Karen Dionne, #1 internationally bestselling author of THE MARSH KING'S DAUGHTER Winter's evocative prose takes readers on an unforgettable journey into the wilderness. Loved this book. K.J. Howe, International Bestselling Author of SKYJACK [An] eloquently written dystopian debut... Winter's well-rounded characters and obvious potential will have readers tuning in for the next instalment.- Publishers Weekly An action-packed plot, with well-rounded characters and an intriguing premise make it recommended for all collections. - Library Journal THE GATHERER was short-listed for the 2020 Rakuten Kobo Emerging Writer Prize in Speculative Fiction

Biographie:
With one foot in the world of technology and the other in the world of words, Colleen Winter's fiction explores our relationship with technology and ultimately the choices it requires us to make. She is an electrical engineer and former journalist, and was short-listed for the 2020 Rakuten Kobo Emerging Writer Prize in Speculative Fiction, has received two Writer's Reserve grants from the Ontario Arts Council, won the Best First Sentence Contest at Thrillerfest, won first prize in the CAA Leacock/Simcoe Erotic prose contest, received a SLS Fellowship from the Unified Literary Contest, and is an alumni of the Humber School of Writers. When she isn't writing, Colleen can be found hiking or climbing the beautiful places of the world or sneaking out for early morning swims in whatever freshwater lake is nearby. She reads to get inspired by Martha Wells, Becky Chambers, Veronica Roth, Blake Crouch, Andy Weir, and Matt Haig. She is a member of Science Fiction Writers of America, The Writers' Union of Canada, and International Thriller Writers. Colleen lives in Ontario with her husband Ron in their empty nest with their loveable, psychotic, reactive dog Kira....

Sommaire:
It's been three years since Storm Freeman released the Gatherer, a device that brought free, infinite energy to the world. The initial reverence has receded from the world changing invention as people are afflicted with a strange, inexplicable disease. Afflicted herself, Freeman has retreated to the Yukon, to hide out from the world. When Maria Kowalski arrives - the special forces agent who first tried to stop her from releasing the Gatherer - Storm has to make a choice: stay hidden or return to the world and destroy what she created. THE GATHERER is my favourite kind of Crichton-esque thriller: smart, compelling, and beautifully written. - Karen Dionne, #1 internationally bestselling author of THE MARSH KING'S DAUGHTER Winter's evocative prose takes readers on an unforgettable journey into the wilderness. Loved this book. K.J. Howe, International Bestselling Author of SKYJACK [An] eloquently written dystopian debut... Winter's well-rounded characters and obvious potential will have readers tuning in for the next instalment.- Publishers Weekly An action-packed plot, with well-rounded characters and an intriguing premise make it recommended for all collections. - Library Journal THE GATHERER was short-listed for the 2020 Rakuten Kobo Emerging Writer Prize in Speculative Fiction...