Deze meeslepende saga verkent een wereld op de rand van totale controle, waar een machtige geheime genootschap wereldwijde overheersing nastreeft door middel van alomtegenwoordige surveillance. Tegenover hen staat een kleine groep dappere individuen met het buitengewone vermogen om tussen werelden te reizen. Deze wezens, bekend als Reizigers, zijn de laatste hoop van de mensheid om vrijheid en autonomie te behouden. Hun strijd gaat niet alleen over overleving, maar over de essentie van menselijke vrijheid tegenover een overweldigende macht.
Their lives shaped by their father's role as a Traveler, an elite prophet able to attain pure enlightenment, Gabriel and Michael Corrigan become a target of the Tabulas, a ruthless cadre seeking world domination
In London, Maya, a young woman trained to fight by her powerful father, uses the latest technology to elude detection when walking past the thousands of surveillance cameras that watch the city. In New York, a secret shadow organization uses a victim's own GPS to hunt him down and kill him. In Los Angeles, Gabriel, a motorcycle messenger with a haunted past, takes pains to live "off the grid" - free of credit cards and government IDs. Welcome to the world of The Traveler - a world frighteningly like our own.In this compelling novel, Maya fights to save Gabriel, the only man who can stand against the forces that attempt to monitor and control society. From the back streets of Prague to the skyscrapers of Manhattan, The Traveler portrays an epic struggle between tyranny and freedom. Not since 1984 have readers witnessed a Big Brother so terrifying in its implications and in a story that so closely reflects our lives.
At the start of the engrossing second entry in the Fourth Realm trilogy, the Brethren continue to control civilization through a computerized information system, the Vast Machine, and a host of offshoot surveillance technologies. Opposed to the Brethren are the Travelers, an ancient clan with the mystical ability to slip in and out of several dimensions. The Travelers are guarded by Halequins, a warrior caste with sharp swords and ferociously lethal skills. In the Cain and Abel story at the book's heart, the quest of two Travelers, brothers Gabriel and Michael Corrigan, to find their legendary father has split them irrevocably: Gabriel fights for the forces of good, Miahael has turned to the dark side
Spændingsroman. Gabriel comes close to finding his father only to encounter an unimaginable new threat, while his brother Michael, firmly allied with the enemy, endeavors to wrest power from the leaders of the Brethren