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Declare (Hardcover)

by Tim Powers (Author)
4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)

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  • Hardcover: 528 pages
  • Publisher: Avon Books (Jan 2001)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0380976528
  • ISBN-13: 978-0380976522
  • Product Dimensions: 23.9 x 15.7 x 4.3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 987,968 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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""Declare is a tour de force, a brilliant blend of John le Carre spy fiction with the otherworldly, packed with historical fact, dazzling flights of imagination, and wonderful suspense."-- Dean Koontz

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Professor Andrew Hale rejoins Her Majesty's Secret Service in 1963 after receiving a coded message, quickly finding himself entangled in a plot involving the biblical Ark and the fall of the Iron Curtain.

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3.0 out of 5 stars An unhappy fusion of 2 styles, 18 Nov 2003
By Andy Barkham "pandion1" (1picard) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Declare (Mass Market Paperback)
Tim Powers books usually blow me away with both his narrative style and the sheer grandeur of his ideas. In "Declare" the ideas are just as grand, but his choice of writing the book in the style of a Cold War thriller makes the book quite leaden.

The story is about a british agent who makes a discovery about the supernatural world that is being manipulated by the superpowers - most notably by the Soviet Union. Powers cleverly weaves this concept into his novel by juxtaposing two time streams - 1948 and 1963 so that the story skilfully unfolds. He has clearly done his homework - the precision of description of cities and the pen portraits of real people are very well portrayed.

However, the stark style of the cold war thriller slows the book down, which I think is a shame as the concept is an interesting one. The main characters are artfully drawn but none really captured my enthusiasm or my sympathy. The action scenes in the book are short and sharp - and separated by far too much long-winded dialogue.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Diffuse and lacking focus, 30 Nov 2005
By Miketang (London, UK) - See all my reviews
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I entirely agree with the review by Pandion 1. Having read The Anubis Gates, I entertained high hopes of this novel. However,I struggled to maintain interest through the World War 2 sections and found the scenarios hackneyed and the characters stereotyped and unconvincing. The sci-fi element took an awfully long time to crystallize. Tim Powers should stick to sci-fi and leave cold war thrillers to the experts in that field. Disappointing.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Thoroughly enjoyable mix of genres, 3 Jul 2004
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This is among my favourite Tim powers novels and while not perhaps up there with The Anubis Gates and On Stranger Tides, I found it far more entertaining and enjoyable than his other recent works (Expiration Date through to Last Call).

The story blends John Le Carre style cold-war thriller with the paranormal and Tim Powers is one the few authors capable of successfully cooking up such a strange brew.

The story twines around real life events and while I am no expert on the period, it has an authenticity that grounds the story and makes the paranormal elements simultaneously more acceptable and more strange.

In addition, while there is a sadness and sense of fatalism surrounding the central characters and the complexities of their inter-relationships, at heart this is a love story rather than a tragedy.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Not quite 3 wishes
Segments. Long after I finished reading this novel, I keep thinking and mulling over various segments of this books. Read more
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4.0 out of 5 stars A solid slice of the supernatural
Having recently re-read Powers' Anubis Gates, I thought I'd further investigate his pantheon of work and this book - Declare - seemed to be very highly rated and so was duely... Read more
Published on 6 Feb 2003 by Mick Scannell

4.0 out of 5 stars A real return to form
To read Tim powers for the first time is to have your perceptions and preconceptions altered. The moment when a seemingly mundane activity is transformed by a supernatural... Read more
Published on 15 Aug 2001 by Ian

4.0 out of 5 stars Not quite Powers' best.. but close
Not quite Anubis gates, but definatly a class above some of his later novels. A real epic in every sense, combining historical fact with the supernatural seamlessly. Read more
Published on 14 May 2001

4.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating novel
Tim Powers does it again; mixing reality and magic seamlessly.

One little gripe is that his British English isn't as good as it should be. Read more

Published on 10 May 2001

5.0 out of 5 stars Tim Powers does it again
Tim Powers is one of the most talented writers in the field of imaginative fiction today. He has both a great narrative and witty prose combined with scholarship. Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars A gripping combination of espionage and the supernatural
Ever wondered if there's more to the world than meets the eye? If maybe, beneath the surface, a whole other realm of wild possibilities exists? Read more
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