Ghosts of Columbia

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Paperback
2005
$22.10

Now for the first time in one big volume, two complete novels of Dr. Johan Eschbach, professor at a small college in the northeast and secret agent for the government of Columbia. There is no USA, and Columbia shares the continent with Quebec, New France (Medico), Deseret, and Russia (in Alaska). It is an alternate history, reality shaped by the fact that ghosts are not mere superstitions, but have a literal physical reality - and political implications - because crimes can haunt, and the ghosts of crimes are visible to others.

Synopsis

Now for the first time in one big volume, two complete novels of Dr. Johan Eschbach, professor at a small college in the northeast and secret agent for the government of Columbia. There is no USA, and Columbia shares the continent with Quebec, New France (Medico), Deseret, and Russia (in Alaska). It is an alternate history, reality shaped by the fact that ghosts are not mere superstitions, but have a literal physical reality - and political implications - because crimes can haunt, and the ghosts of crimes are visible to others.

$22.10

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More Information

Format: Paperback
Pages: 496
Edition: First
Publisher: Tor Books
Published: 26 Sep 2005
ISBN 10: 0765313146
ISBN 13: 9780765313140

Media Reviews

Modesitt spins quite a web of treachery and deceit in which our hero and his wife impressively come out on top. -- Romantic Times on The Ghost of the Revelator

Meticulously extrapolated...Alternate world tales and espionage thrillers both demand an abundance of intricate detail to be convincing and Modesitt doesn't stint for either thread of his narrative. -- The Washington Post Book World on Of Tangible Ghosts

Possibly Modesitt's best book, it's certainly highly recommended. -- Booklist on Of Tangible Ghosts

Modesitt spins quite a web of treachery and deceit in which our hero and his wife impressively come out on top. Romantic Times on The Ghost of the Revelator

Meticulously extrapolated...Alternate world tales and espionage thrillers both demand an abundance of intricate detail to be convincing and Modesitt doesn't stint for either thread of his narrative. The Washington Post Book World on Of Tangible Ghosts

Possibly Modesitt's best book, it's certainly highly recommended. Booklist on Of Tangible Ghosts

Modesitt spins quite a web of treachery and deceit in which our hero and his wife impressively come out on top. Romantic Times on The Ghost of the Revelator

Meticulously extrapolated...Alternate world tales and espionage thrillers both demand an abundance of intricate detail to be convincing and Modesitt doesn't stint for either thread of his narrative. The Washington Post Book World on Of Tangible Ghosts

Possibly Modesitt's best book, it's certainly highly recommended. Booklist on Of Tangible Ghosts

Modesitt spins quite a web of treachery and deceit in which our hero and his wife impressively come out on top. --Romantic Times on The Ghost of the Revelator

Meticulously extrapolated...Alternate world tales and espionage thrillers both demand an abundance of intricate detail to be convincing and Modesitt doesn't stint for either thread of his narrative. --The Washington Post Book World on Of Tangible Ghosts

Possibly Modesitt's best book, it's certainly highly recommended. --Booklist on Of Tangible Ghosts

Author Bio

L. E. Modesitt, Jr., is the bestselling author of the fantasy series The Saga of Recluce, Corean Chronicles, and the Imager Portfolio. His science fiction includes Adiamante, the Ecolitan novels, the Forever Hero Trilogy, and Archform: Beauty. Besides a writer, Modesitt has been a U.S. Navy pilot, a director of research for a political campaign, legislative assistant and staff director for a U.S. Congressman, Director of Legislation and Congressional Relations for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, a consultant on environmental, regulatory, and communications issues, and a college lecturer. He lives in Cedar City, Utah.