Questa avvincente saga esplora un mondo sull'orlo del controllo totale, dove una potente società segreta persegue il dominio globale attraverso una sorveglianza pervasiva. A contrastare il loro potere è un ristretto gruppo di coraggiosi individui dotati della straordinaria capacità di viaggiare tra i regni. Questi esseri, noti come Viaggiatori, rappresentano l'ultima speranza dell'umanità per preservare la libertà e l'autonomia. La loro lotta non è solo per la sopravvivenza, ma per l'essenza stessa della libertà umana di fronte a un potere soverchiante.
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
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
A world that exists in the shadow of our own . . . John Twelve Hawks's previous novels about the mystical Travellers and the Brethren, their ruthless enemies, generated an extraordinary following around the world. In The Golden City, Twelve Hawks delivers the climax to his spellbinding epic. Struggling to protect the legacy of his Traveller father, Gabriel faces troubling new questions and relentless threats. His brother Michael, now firmly allied with the enemy, pursues his ambition to wrest power from Nathan Boone, the calculating leader of the Brethren. And Maya, the Harlequin warrior pledged to protect Gabriel at all costs, is forced to make a choice that will change her life forever.