Swimming Studies by Leanne Shapton
Set-d'Elous (a.k.a. Sebastian Talbot) finds himself paralyzed and mute, tormented daily by the mocking spirit of the evil Empress-his wife. His only hope is to be rescued, but all his fellow Voyagers have been blown to other places, some back to Earth. They awaken to a world they had left and now cannot comprehend. Tammy's son, Chucker, awakens in the jungle, however, and in his years there realizes what went wrong in his team's assassination attempt on the Emperor of Sekuate: they shot the wrong guy. Feeling guilty, Chucker tracks Set-d'Elous to Earth, where he is locked up in a prison hospital, let out once a month for a day with Dr. Toni Franck, his former psychiatrist now wife. With the aid of a retired cop, Chucker must rescue Sebastian in order to counter the rise of a violent prophet's cult back on Ghoupallesz. Only a final battle will decide the truth-a truth that permeates the next few centuries. Legend tells of a comet that will cleanse the world, and governments realize its near. Fortunately, Jinetta-d'Elous (a.k.a. Gina Parton, Interdimensional Voyager), a struggling mother of two, comes forward to offer assistance. Leading the aerospace commission, she tries to drive forward Ghoupallean technology from airships to interstellar spacecraft in the time remaining. However, success has its price and as the clock counts down, Gina must rescue her daughter from the evil Overlord and secure seats aboard the last spacecraft departing before the comet strikes. THE DREAM LAND trilogy concludes in Book I with an epic crash of time lines and an unforgiving planetoid coming to test even the heartiest of Interdimensional Voyagers
Shapton, Leanne: - Leanne Shapton is an art director, illustrator, artist, and publisher based in New York. She has contributed work to The New York Times, Harper's, The New Yorker, GQ, Jane, Flaunt, andSeventeen, among others. She runs J&L Books with the photographer Jason Fulford.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780399158179 |
| ISBN 10 | 0399158170 |
| Title | Swimming Studies |
| Author | Leanne Shapton |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Blue Rider Press |
| Year published | 2012-07-05 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
| Prizes | Winner of National Book Critics Circle Award (Autobiography) 2012 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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