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The Immortals

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I'm a great fan of the X-Files and I can say that with Barjavel's books, especially "The immortals" and "The ice people" I feel I find again the same things. I dream, in few words. I'm French and I have read all Barjavel's books, and I can say now: happy to be French! I wish people from other countries can have the chance to read his books...

I have read this book in french and in english and it is a piece of art for sure. Barjavel should be as known as any other writter, because he is a poet. The story of the Immortals is divided into three parts : first the true love of the heroes, then the quest and at the end the explaination of all the mistery. You would then understand the death of JFK, and why does Elisabeth II always carry a bag with her.

This book is a masterpiece of politic/fiction. Barjavel shows amazing mastery and errudition in creating an incredible fiction that happens to fit all the major events in the world during the cold war. Page after page, you wonder if this did not actually happen for real. This could be the base for an amazing movie! If only the makers of the X-Files were a little bit more learned.
If you can't find this book in English, go learn French and get it in French. By the same token, you can also read all his other books. Always first rate Sci/Fi with a definite French romanticism twist each time.

Here's a chillingly effective novel, one that promises secrets & certainly delivers the goods. It's told in two parts, using an almost journalistic style of reporting events, which makes it all the more compelling & believable.

The first half begins in the 1950s and follows two French lovers, Jeanne & Roland, while also depicting mysterious scenes of world leaders & secret services at work. It's obvious that Roland is somehow involved in some worldwide conspiracy, even if he isn't aware of it; and when he vanishes, Jeanne devotes her life to finding him, even though he's supposedly dead ... like so many others in suspiciously similar circumstances.

The second half reveals the great secret & the workings of the conspiracy in the early 1970s. It gives nothing away to reveal that Jeanne eventually finds Roland -- and at that point, with half the book still to go, I wondered if it had run out of energy & suspense. Far from it! Once the reader grasps the nature of the secret & all its possible consequences, the suspense actually grows more intense. We realize just how easily something could go wrong, especially with so many people involved ...

To say more would be to spoil the story. It's definitely worth tracking down & reading! And I have to agree with some of the previous reviewers that this would make a terrific film. Recommended!

The first two parts are very good, love, true love, a quest for love, true love; then she finds her husband. And then, it is a story of selection, elitism, superior people who won the eternal life. Hears as fascist to me... Well, it's no news, Barjavel often showed such ideas, but what a pity ! He knew how to make suspense so well !