Knowing(Nicolas Cage, Rose Byrne)screenwriter Ryne Douglas Pearson brings a terrifying tale of dark forces to life in The Donzerly Light.
If evil shook your hand, would you know it?
Jay Grady wakes up in handcuffs. Sitting at a table in an isolated room. Across from him sits a man who wants Jay to recount his life. Every detail of it.
If not, he'll kill him.
So begins Jay's reluctant journey to a past he's tried to forget. From his days ruling Wall Street as an impossibly intuitive stock picker, to just a few hours before, when he pumped six bullets into a transient outside a dying Missouri town. A drifter he'd once thought was just an ordinary man.
But he was far from ordinary. And Jay came to realize he was not a man at all, but something darker. Something sinister.
An evil he was destined to face.
Praise for Ryne Douglas Pearson's novels...
"A must... A gripping blend of techno-thriller and detective story... The suspense runs at a high pitch" Publishers Weekly for 'Cloudburst'
"Mind-boggling... A hyperreal whiz-bang novel by a gifted high-tech specialist" Kirkus Reviews for 'Cloudburst'
"Suspenseful and filled with precise descriptions of weaponry; will appeal to Tom Clancy's readers" Booklist for 'October's Ghost'
"Pearson delivers another riveting technothriller... Highly recommended" Library Journal for 'October's Ghost'
"...chillingly prescient...down-to-the-wire suspense" Publishers Weekly for 'Capitol Punishment'
"Action-packed and fast-paced... Keeps the reader flipping pages frantically" Library Journal for 'Simple Simon'
"Excellent entertainment from first page to last" Booklist for 'Simple Simon'
"Aerodynamic prose and superb pacing... A one-sitting book that will make the hours fly by" Publishers Weekly for 'Simple Simon'
"An interesting twist on the serial-killer thriller" Publishers Weekly for 'Top Ten'
Review
"Fascinating, moving, with a genuine, page-turning mystery at its bottom, 'The Donzerly Light' is a winner." Brandywine Books
About the Author
Ryne Douglas Pearson is an accomplished novelist and screenwriter. He is the author of several novels, including Cloudburst, October's Ghost, Capitol Punishment, Simple Simon, Top Ten,Confessions, The Donzerly Light, and All For One. He is also the author of the short story collection, Dark and Darker. His novel Simple Simon was made into the film Mercury Rising. As a screenwriter he has worked on numerous movies. The film Knowing, based on his original script, was released in 2009 and opened #1 at the box office. Receiving Four Stars from Roger Ebert, who branded it 'among the best science-fiction films I've seen', it went on to earn more than $180 million worldwide. He has also done uncredited work on films such as the remakes of The Day The Earth Stood Still and The Eye.
Despite the often 'dark' nature of his novels and films, Pearson has been noted to have a 'sweet, disarming quality' by Entertainment Weekly-an accusation he has been unable to shake. When not writing he is usually thinking about writing, or touting the wonders of bacon in online conversations. He is addicted to diet soda and the sound of his children laughing. A west coast native, he lives in California with his wife, children, a Doberman Shepherd and a Beagle Vizsla.
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Knowing (Nicolas Cage, Rose Byrne) screenwriter Ryne Douglas Pearson brings a terrifying tale of dark forces to life in The Donzerly Light.
If evil shook your hand, would you know it?
Jay Grady wakes up in handcuffs. Sitting at a table in an isolated room. Across from him sits a man who wants Jay to recount his life. Every detail of it.
If not, he'll kill him.
So begins Jay's reluctant journey to a past he's tried to forget. From his days ruling Wall Street as an impossibly intuitive stock picker, to just a few hours before, when he pumped six bullets into a transient outside a dying Missouri town. A drifter he'd once thought was just an ordinary man.
But he was far from ordinary. And Jay came to realize he was not a man at all, but something darker. Something sinister.
An evil he was destined to face.
Praise for Ryne Douglas Pearson's novels...
"A must... A gripping blend of techno-thriller and detective story... The suspense runs at a high pitch" Publishers Weekly for 'Cloudburst'
"Mind-boggling... A hyperreal whiz-bang novel by a gifted high-tech specialist" Kirkus Reviews for 'Cloudburst'
"Suspenseful and filled with precise descriptions of weaponry; will appeal to Tom Clancy's readers" Booklist for 'October's Ghost'
"Pearson delivers another riveting technothriller... Highly recommended" Library Journal for 'October's Ghost'
"...chillingly prescient...down-to-the-wire suspense" Publishers Weekly for 'Capitol Punishment'
"Action-packed and fast-paced... Keeps the reader flipping pages frantically" Library Journal for 'Simple Simon'
"Excellent entertainment from first page to last" Booklist for 'Simple Simon'
"Aerodynamic prose and superb pacing... A one-sitting book that will make the hours fly by" Publishers Weekly for 'Simple Simon'
"An interesting twist on the serial-killer thriller" Publishers Weekly for 'Top Ten'
Review
"Fascinating, moving, with a genuine, page-turning mystery at its bottom, 'The Donzerly Light' is a winner." Brandywine Books
About the Author
Ryne Douglas Pearson is an accomplished novelist and screenwriter. He is the author of several novels, including Cloudburst, October's Ghost, Capitol Punishment, Simple Simon, Top Ten,Confessions, The Donzerly Light, and All For One. He is also the author of the short story collection, Dark and Darker. His novel Simple Simon was made into the film Mercury Rising. As a screenwriter he has worked on numerous movies. The film Knowing, based on his original script, was released in 2009 and opened #1 at the box office. Receiving Four Stars from Roger Ebert, who branded it 'among the best science-fiction films I've seen', it went on to earn more than $180 million worldwide. He has also done uncredited work on films such as the remakes of The Day The Earth Stood Still and The Eye.
Despite the often 'dark' nature of his novels and films, Pearson has been noted to have a 'sweet, disarming quality' by Entertainment Weekly-an accusation he has been unable to shake. When not writing he is usually thinking about writing, or touting the wonders of bacon in online conversations. He is addicted to diet soda and the sound of his children laughing. A west coast native, he lives in California with his wife, children, a Doberman Shepherd and a Beagle Vizsla.