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  • Published: 19 November 2015
  • ISBN: 9781405910668
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 352

The Flicker Men




What if science proved the existence of the human soul?

The Man
Eric Argus, a washed-out quantum physicist given one last shot at redemption

The Experiment
An investigation into the mysterious composition of light and matter

The Discovery
Unexpected and unprecedented evidence for the existence of the human soul

The Consequences
A staggering revelation about the hidden structure of the universe. And an unimaginable reality that should never have been uncovered . . .

  • Published: 19 November 2015
  • ISBN: 9781405910668
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 352

About the author

Ted Kosmatka

Ted Kosmatka was born and raised in northwest Indiana and spent more than a decade working in various laboratories there before moving to the Pacific Northwest. His short fiction has been nominated for both the Nebula Award and the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award. He now works in the videogame industry where he’s a full-time writer at Valve, home of Half-Life, Portal and Dota 2.

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Praise for The Flicker Men

If Stephen Hawking and Stephen King wrote a novel together, you'd get The Flicker Men. Brilliant, disturbing, and beautifully told

Hugh Howey, New York Times bestselling author of the Wool series

A well-written, utterly convincing thriller that left my mind reeling for days. It latched on after the first chapter and didn't let go until the last word ... as thoughtful as it is thrilling. It kept me up way, way past my bedtime

Daniel H. Wilson, author of Robopocalypse

Prophet of Bones contains some incredibly tantalizing glimpses of hard science in a world constrained by theological received truth, and the detailed discussions of scientific methodology just add to the fascination

i09.com

A masterwork of intrigue and menace . . . I was enthralled . . . An eye-opening and page-turning read without parallel

Clive Cussler