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This book was outside of my normal crime fiction genre, but it was recommended to me so I thought I'd give it a try. ~Brief Synopsis~ The book starts on the day Cyclades dies, killed in battle... more

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  • 14 of 14 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    thefluffster

    5 Stars The past will come back to get you. 02/02/2006
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Exciting, deep, brilliant characters, dark, gritty.

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Complicated plot requires a lot of attention

    Do you believe in past lives? What if there was a genetic explanation for them? What if those strange experiences that everybody has of having been somewhere before, or having seen a similar face before are remnants of the past, encoded by the same mechanism that allows for the evolution of instinct? What if someone found a way to unlock those memories to give you a greater sense of who you are? What would you expect to find out about yourself? What if you find out you have a dark half? And if we are the sum of our memories, are these memories that are being awakened our ancestors'? Or our own ... more
  • 11 of 11 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Fiver29

    2 Stars Rather Disappointing 17/02/2009
    User doesn't recommend the product

    Advantages Advantages Raises some interesting points on reincarnation

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Very 'bitty', doesn't flow together very well.

    This book was outside of my normal crime fiction genre, but it was recommended to me so I thought I'd give it a try. ~Brief Synopsis~ The book starts on the day Cyclades dies, killed in battle on the day the Trojan horse brought destruction to Troy. After being injured during the fight Cyclades was tended to by a wild haired women. Cyclades dies at the moment he witnesses his own conception! Fast forward a few hundred years, and the book begins proper in New York City. Detective James North has been called to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, a young man has grabbed one of the ancient Trojan ... more

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Author Stel Pavlou
Title Gene
Genre Thriller
Type Fiction
ISBN 0743208595; 0743208609; 0743403851

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