Die Kampagne (The Whole Truth)

by David Baldacci, Rainer Schumacher (Translator)

Overview

Die verwackelten Bilder eines gefolterten Russen, der seine letzten Worte in die Kamera spricht, versetzen die ganze Welt in Entsetzen. In rasender Geschwindigkeit verbreitet sich das Video über das Internet - und mit ihm die alarmierende Botschaft des Mannes: Er ist ein Opfer der russischen Regierung. Und er ist nicht das Einzige. In großem Stil räumt Russland sein eigenes Volk aus dem Weg. Kurz darauf spitzen sich die Konflikte zwischen den Großmächten der Welt zu. Ganze Armeen rüsten auf - es droht ein neuer globaler Krieg in nie da gewesenen Ausmaßen. Ein einziger Mann im Dienst einer multinationalen Geheimdienstorganisation soll die Wahrheit hinter den Gräueltaten aufdecken und den Krieg verhindern. Dieser Auftrag kann Shaw das Leben kosten - und die Welt retten ...

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783838709390
Publisher:	Bastei Entertainment
Publication date:	05/20/2011
Series:	Shaw Series , #1
Sold by:	Readbox
Format:	eBook
Pages:	400
File size:	2 MB
Age Range:	16 - 18 Years
Language:	German

About the Author

David Baldacci's authoritative legal thrillers operate on the irresistible notion that a sinister undercurrent threads through the country's most powerful institutions.

While his stories hinge on the complex machinations behind the presidency, the FBI, the Supreme Court and other spheres of influence, Baldacci (a former Washington, D.C.-based attorney) finds his way into a mystery through the eyes of the innocents. Semi-innocents, at least: small players who often don't realize they're players at all end up hunting down answers, and their hunt becomes the reader's.

According to Baldacci, reading John Irving's The World According to Garp convinced him that he wanted to be a novelist. Absolute Power -- in which a thief finds himself accidentally connected to a murder involving the president and the ensuing coverup -- was hardly Irvingesque; but it did begin Baldacci's friendly relationship with the bestseller lists, which has continued over his writing career.

Baldacci's style is brief and plot-driven, but he's not afraid to linger on macabre and vivid details, such as a rosary clenched in a plane crash victim's hand, or hard-learned lessons from a sniper's life (pack your food so you can find it at night, by touch). These small but memorable -- indeed, almost cinematic -- details give his books another layer that distinguishes them from the average potboiler.

Although the author has occasionally departed from his usual fare (examples include the tenderhearted coming-of-age tale Wish You Well and the holiday-themed adventure The Christmas Train), it is high-octane thrillers that are his true stock in trade. Whether it's a taut stand-alone or a new installment in his Camel Club series, readers know when they crack the spine of a new Baldacci book, they're in for an action-packed page-turner.

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Hometown:

Northern Virginia

Date of Birth:

August 5, 1960

Place of Birth:

Richmond, VIrginia

Education:

B.A. in Political Science, Virginia Commonwealth University, 1982; J.D., University of Virginia, 1986

Website:

http://www.david-baldacci.com/