Ebook {Epub PDF} Declare by Tim Powers

Declare is perhaps Powers's most ambitious project to date. It is a huge novel, both in length and scope, weighing in at over pages, spanning decades in the telling and transporting the reader all over Europe and the Middle-East. A spy novel by Tim Powers, Declare follows British agent Andrew Hale through a covert Cold War operation with roots in the intricacies of the Great Game and a distinct supernatural bent. It is written as a Secret History, postulating that there are supernatural events occurring behind the scenes of otherwise-mundane occurrences. Tim Powers has written a number of novels on the theme of mystical influences behind the real world, and Declare is no exception. Protagonist Andrew Hale joins the British Secret Intelligence Service during WWII, serving against Germany and then in the infant Cold War, confronting increasingly strange events that culminate in some desperate mission on the slopes of Mount Ararat in , codenamed Declare/5().

Declare - Tim Powers (15) Philip McAlpine - Adam Diment (1) Slough House - Mick Herron (1) RED (Movies) (1) The Moscow Trilogy - Simon Sebag Montefiore (1) Include Characters Kim Philby (10) Guy Burgess (5) Elena Teresa Ceniza-Bendiga (5) Andrew Hale (Declare) (2) Nicholas Elliott (2) Ivan Simanov (1) Victoria Winslow (1) Jackson Lamb (1). by Tim Powers ‧ RELEASE DATE: Jan. 1, Powers, for more than 20 years the reigning king of adult historical fantasy (Earthquake Weather, , etc.), surpasses himself—and enters richly promising new territory—with this intricate, inventive tale of Cold War skullduggery and close encounters with malevolent supernatural entities. DECLARE is Tim Powers' take on a British, Le Carre style spy novel, with his own added supernatural twists. And as such, it's a resounding success. What starts in murky waters in the British spy services quickly spirals out into the history and final culmination of a decades long investigation into what might or might not inhabit the high peaks.

Tim Powers has written a number of novels on the theme of mystical influences behind the real world, and Declare is no exception. Protagonist Andrew Hale joins the British Secret Intelligence Service during WWII, serving against Germany and then in the infant Cold War, confronting increasingly strange events that culminate in some desperate mission on the slopes of Mount Ararat in , codenamed Declare. Declare title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database; The Works of Tim Powers, the author's authorized website, has an interview focusing on Declare, and an extensive publishing history of the book with images from and of the various editions. Powers comments on the genesis of the book in an interview in the March issue of Locus. Declare is perhaps Powers's most ambitious project to date. It is a huge novel, both in length and scope, weighing in at over pages, spanning decades in the telling and transporting the reader all over Europe and the Middle-East.