Epic

The opening chapter finds us in 2150AD where everything and everyone is watched over by Epic, a tyrannical computer that is now 'controlling' the world. After discovering an underwater container full of human remains, Bob Hollis and his crew realise that Epic is not what it seems and decide to contact Professor Burgess by sending Janine Cooper and Chris Bonham up the Thames in a micro sub to avoid detection by Epic Special police. The Professor 'resurrects' Douglas Sampson from a cryogenic 'Eternal sleep' unit, and Janine and Chris learn the truth about Epic.The story then goes back to 1995, the year that Douglas Sampson and his fiancee are caught up in a casino robbery that goes wrong leading to their being drugged and placed in a coffin at the cryogenic unit. Back in 2150A.D. Doug meets Jack Hoskins and hears his story of terror at the hands of the Epic Special Police. Jack has been imprisoned in the Epic Building for ten years and tells Doug of the 'Evil Entity' that inhabits Epic and of the 'android' army waiting to be activated.Doug meets Daniel Baker, a mysterious old man with strange powers. Daniel tells Doug that he must locate Peter, a twelve-year-old boy living in Cotgrave Nottinghamshire, and obtain a Talisman (an electronic key). When used correctly the key will 'switch off' Epic. Doug and Fred, an android supplied by the Professor, arrive at the 'walled' County of Nottinghamshire and are rendered unconscious by strange emissions from the wall. Doug and Fred find themselves as prisoners in the dungeon of a 13th century Medieval Castle, and are dressed in clothes of the period...A brilliant futuristic fantasy that speeds through time in a race against evil.

ISBN 190450244X   DEWEY edition DC22 ISBN13 9781904502449 (What's this?)   Pages 252 Publisher Best Books Online   Published in Yeadon, Leeds Imprint Best Books Online   Height (mm) 197 Format Paperback   Width (mm) 130 Publication date 28 May 2004   Academic level General DEWEY 821.92

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