Two million dollars in a black bag.
The meaning of life hidden on a deviously encrypted website.
And several dozen heavily armed guys with serious existential issues.
The hunt is on for THE MANUSCRIPT in this high-speed, action-packed thriller.
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"Clever and engaging." —Times Literary Supplement
"All the usual suspects: hitmen, shadowy 'intelligence' agents, and drug dealers . . . emerges as a high-energy, enthusiastic yarn." —Dr. Ian Hocking, Pulp.net
"Chases, gun battles, gangsters, and computers. This man knows his craft . . . There is insight behind the action." —Shameless Words
"Breathless, cyber-techno thriller . . . a great novel!" —Flavourpill, London
"High philosophical ambitions." —ComputerWeekly
"A very powerful piece of work. Some writers leave you thinking they know things we ordinar mortals don't have access to." —Crème de la Crime
"A thriller that examines the power of the internet and the implications for those who are manipulated by it." —Stuff magazine
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'A high-energy, enthusiastic yarn.' - Pulp.net
''The Manuscript is dazzling. It's a tightly-plotted thriller, but it's also a terrific literary chronicle of our Electronic Age. The writing's smart, sexy, and as funny in spots as it's dark in others. But I love this book because it has soul, too. It's not afraid to ask the big questions about the Meaning of Life. And here's the kicker: it's not even afraid to answer them.' - Valerie Sayers, author of Due East and Brain Fever
'Clever and engaging.' - Times Literary Supplement --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
''The Manuscript is dazzling. It's a tightly-plotted thriller, but it's also a terrific literary chronicle of our Electronic Age. The writing's smart, sexy, and as funny in spots as it's dark in others. But I love this book because it has soul, too. It's not afraid to ask the big questions about the Meaning of Life. And here's the kicker: it's not even afraid to answer them.' - Valerie Sayers, author of Due East and Brain Fever
'Clever and engaging.' - Times Literary Supplement --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
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Michael Stephen Fuchs is the author of the novels THE MANUSCRIPT and PANDORA'S SISTERS, both published worldwide by Macmillan; the short story collection DON'T SHOOT ME IN THE A**, AND OTHER STORIES; and the forthcoming high-concept special forces military techno-actioner D-BOYS. Fuchs lives in London and at www.michaelfuchs.org. He is represented by Robert Gottlieb at Trident Media in New York.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
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Good Enough To Stay Up Late For,
By Skeet (Los Angeles, CA USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Manuscript (MacMillan New Writing) (Paperback)
I love sleeping. I'm usually an out-cold-in-30-seconds guy, and very little comes between me and my pillow. After reading a good chunk of The Manuscript one day, I found I couldn't fall asleep. I actually *got out of bed* and snuck out of the bedroom to read a few more chapters. It's that good.
If you're an action fan who enjoys an occasional discussion about the meaning of life, or a philosopher who enjoys a good shootout now and then, you will Love. This. Book. Buy it now... and rest up before it arrives.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
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Geeks and Guns,
This review is from: The Manuscript (MacMillan New Writing) (Paperback)
This excellent story revolves around the online search for a manuscript purported to have been written by the adventurer/traveller/all-round Renaissance man Sir Richard Burton which contains the secrets to life, the universe, and everything.
The two main protagonists are a sysadmin (who has a penchant for handguns) and his grad student friend at a college in Virginia. The immense cast of well-developed characters expands early and rapidly to encompass a security expert, an undercover cop, an underground team of well-trained self-appointed cyber-vigilantes known as the Angry Young Taoists, a BOFH/drug kingpin, and many, many more. I won't give away any more of the plot. Anyway, the action builds up early in the story, and then relentlessly ploughs on for a very long time, with many twists and turns and loads of gun battles, Mexican standoffs, and geekspeak. And is very very cool. If Tarantino ever got a techie streak and decided to start writing novels, he would come up with something awfully close to this. The style is very cinematic, but unlike a film, the action gives you more than just two hours of entertainment. I look forward to future work from Mr. Fuchs...Good stuff.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
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Great book for geeks and non-geeks alike,
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The Manuscript is a really fast-moving, exciting mystery novel. Anyone that likes a great chase, an intriguing story, and a good dose of techno-jargon, you will get a kick out of this book.
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