ISBN: 0-88739-239-3
340 pp.
Size: 6 x 9
Pub Date: 66/2000
Paperback Original
Price: $13.95
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Replica
Jules Emile Nicolas
A cannon-like blast whips Jack Purchase into frantic action. Something monstrous has crashed through the windshield, splattering itself over the captain in a shroud of crimson gore. The horrific scene is one the young co-pilot swears he's lived before. And the sudden vision of the huge bird's severed wing floods memories into him like the adrenaline coursing through his body-memories of events that nearly killed him, and of the man he cause to die.
Wrestling the stricken airliner, faces parade through Jack's mind like ancient ghosts seeking respite. Reeling from exhaustion and tormented by his conscience, Jack Purchase wonders at the unshakable déjà vu. And well he should. If he ever lands his crippled airplane, the surprise awaiting him will question not just his past, but his sanity.
It was done. He looked around but knew no one had awakened; the snores masked all other sounds and furnished a lulling, rhythmic cadence to the stillness. He grabbed his bundle, gestured toward Pereida as if tipping his hat, and left as silently as he had entered. The fruitage of Gus' hands was obvious on Enrique's face. The glistening drool flowing down the corner of his parted mouth and the glaze on his staring, vacant eyes reflected, despite the dimness, the wreckage in his brain.
Bio: JULES ÉMILE NICOLAS, born and raised in Cuba, fled with his family to the US in 1961 and is now settled in coastal North Carolina. Replica is Nicolas's first novel.
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