Marcus.Marcus Griffin Garnett PublishAmerica PO Box 151, Frederick, MD, 21705-0151 1424119324 $24.95 369 pages www.PublishAmerica.com The third title in "The Arlington Trilogy A company founded in 1979 by Gene Amdahl to commercialize wafer scale integration and build supercomputers. It raised a quarter of a billion dollars, the largest startup funding in history, but could not create its 2.5" superchip. ", Marcus" is author Griffin Garnett's concluding work of action/adventure fiction. The surprising development of the many narrative threads A narrative thread, or plot thread or sometimes, but more ambigously, a storyline refers to particular elements and techniques of writing to center the story in the action or experience of characters rather than to relate a matter in a dry 'All knowing' sort of begun in the earlier two volumes makes for gripping reading from first page to last. The diverse themes of affection, despair, trust, betrayal Betrayal See also Treachery. Judas Iscariot apostle who betrays Jesus. [N.T.: Matthew 26:15] Proteus though engaged, steals his friend Valentine’s beloved, reveals his plot and effects his banishment. [Br. , gambling, death, and the ultimate gifts from an undying love, all play a part in an intrigue-laden denouement de·noue·ment also dé·noue·ment n. 1. a. The final resolution or clarification of a dramatic or narrative plot. b. . The pace is fast and the tone is authentic; post WW II veterans will recognize the world described in such rich detail in the pages of "Marcus." A stubborn will fueled by despair and pain is slowly untangled through the full narrative spectrum of a complex tale. Miraculously mi·rac·u·lous adj. 1. Of the nature of a miracle; preternatural. 2. So astounding as to suggest a miracle; phenomenal: a miraculous recovery; a miraculous escape. 3. , fresh love and forgiveness follow a bloody trail to the much anticipated but still surprising finish. Albeit the final volume of an outstanding trilogy, "Marcus" is a novel that can clearly stand on its own, and you won't want to put it down. |
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