THE
GATES: A Novel Remember what it was like reading the books you loved as you were growing up? Novels like Edward Eager’s Half Magic, A Once and Future King, Roald Dahl’s stories, Lloyd Alexander’s trilogy, and The Chronicles of Narnia? New York Times bestselling thriller writer John Connolly’s latest novel, THE GATES, will take you back to that time. As Publishers Weekly said, “Though billed as ‘an adult book for children,’ this light fantasy will strike even adult readers as divertingly whimsical.” THE GATES, the story of a brave and precocious boy who discovers that his neighbors are trying to open the gates of Hell, is quirky and funny and scary and mischievous and the characters pop right off the page. It took John Connolly eight years to write. He had his plot in mind, but searched for the “MacGuffin,” that crucial element that drives the action along. He became interested in quantum physics, and the attempt to use the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland to recreate the moments immediately after the creation of the universe. Science became Connolly’s MacGuffin: the evil power harnesses energy to break out of hell and into our world. Connolly’s hero, Samuel Johnson, along with his loyal dachshund, is impossible not to love, as are the unlikely cast of characters who give him the strength to stand up to the terrifying demons. Author tour: Visit johnconnollybooks.com for details. |
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