by Paul McAuley
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by Paul McAuley
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by Paul McAuley
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by Paul McAuley
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by Paul McAuley
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McAuley continues to demonstrate that he's quite as adept at the multi-layered thriller as he was at the SF novel - although White Devils is powered by an intriguing scientific premise. Nicholas Hyde, a charity worker in Africa, is part of a team investigating a wartime atrocity. The team is ambushed, and small, preternaturally strong ape-like creatures slaughter most of the group. The team's government observer calls them 'white devils' and falls in with the official story, claiming that he saw only rebel troops in body paint. The cover-up seems to originate inside Obligate, the company that effectively owns the Congo. Nick Hyde refuses to co-operate - and that's when people around him start to die. This is a novel that exhilarates on all levels - the ideas are quite as brilliantly realised as the machine-tooled plotting.
White Devils is set sometime in the future in a post apocalyptic Congo. The Black Flu has wiped out millions of people, and the plastic disease has melted away forests. Engrams, intense emotions that cause human conflict, have been eradicated by mind washing, which is controlled by Obligate, an environmentally conscious transnational whose employees are mainly zombies after undergoing emotional reorientation. Enter humanitarian fieldworker Nicholas Hyde working for the charity Witness. While investigating a massacre, he stumbles into a raid by white devils, horrifying humanoid white primates that appear to be protected by inbuilt body armour and that devour the brains and livers of their human victims. In trying to discover who has engineered the monstrous white devils, Nicholas is stonewalled at every turn. His quest for truth leads him into scary escapades with the daughter of the eccentric genius who developed the monsters. With vivid imagery McAuley has constructed a fantastically frightening vision of a world of unbelievable evil; of mind bending, zombification, genetic engineering and human cloning. A must for fans of futuristic horror. (Kirkus UK)
White Devils is set sometime in the future in a post apocalyptic Congo. The Black Flu has wiped out millions of people, and the plastic disease has melted away forests. Engrams, intense emotions that cause human conflict, have been eradicated by mind washing, which is controlled by Obligate, an environmentally conscious transnational whose employees are mainly zombies after undergoing emotional reorientation. Enter humanitarian fieldworker Nicholas Hyde working for the charity Witness. While investigating a massacre, he stumbles into a raid by white devils, horrifying humanoid white primates that appear to be protected by inbuilt body armour and that devour the brains and livers of their human victims. In trying to discover who has engineered the monstrous white devils, Nicholas is stonewalled at every turn. His quest for truth leads him into scary escapades with the daughter of the eccentric genius who developed the monsters. With vivid imagery McAuley has constructed a fantastically frightening vision of a world of unbelievable evil; of mind bending, zombification, genetic engineering and human cloning. A must for fans of futuristic horror. (Kirkus UK)
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Nicholas Hyde, a volunteer working with a humanitarian charity in Africa, is part of a team investigating an apparent wartime atrocity. The team is ambushed, and small, ape-like creatures - pale, fierce, and preternaturally strong - slaughter most of the group in a matter of minutes. 'Diable blanc', the team's government observer calls them - 'white devils' - but after the rescue he falls in with the official story and claims instead that he saw only rebel troops in body paint. The cover-up seems to originate from Obligate, the company that effectively owns the Congo. Shell-shocked and angry, Nicholas refuses to cooperate. He knows what he saw, and he will tell the world the truth. And that's when people around him start to die. Only by discovering the secret behind the white devils can Nick protect himself from the forces arrayed against him. Together with Teddy Yssel, a bush pilot who survived an earlier attack, and Elspeth Faber, seeking justice after the murder of her scientist father, Nick journeys into the heart of darkness of 21st century Africa: the Dead Zone. But also heading for the Dead Zone is the American mercenary, Cody Corbin. Evangelist, eco-warrior, terrorist: sent to cleanse the abominations from God's good Earth, and anyone who gets in his way is going straight to Hell...
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