Bøger af David Koepp

Kold karantæne David Koepp er en rost amerikansk manuskriptforfatter og instruktør, der er bedst kendt for sit arbejde med Jurassic Park, Indiana Jones, War of the Worlds, Panic Room, Spider-Man og Mission: Impossible. Hans filmværker har indbragt over seks milliarder dollars på verdensplan. Hans hang til adrenalinpumpende eventyr har underholdt biografgængere verden over, og nu retter han sit talent mod den litterære verden med sin debutroman Kold karantæne.  Da Pentagons agent indenfor bioterror, Roberto Diaz, i sin tid blev sendt ud for at følge op på en mistanke om et biokemisk angreb, viste det sig, at noget endnu mere skræmmende var på spil: En stærkt muterende organisme med potentiale til at udrydde hele jordens befolkning. Han isolerede den og begravede den på frys i et nedlagt, underjordisk militært opbevaringsanlæg. Nu – efter at have sydet og boblet i årtier i en glemt kælder – er organismen på vej ud gennem sprækkerne, og den spreder sig grådigt og dødbringende! Og kun Diaz ved, hvordan man stopper den. Han farer tværs over landet for at hjælpe to sikkerhedsvagter, som uforvarende er blevet blandet ind i miseren – den ene en tidligere straffefange, den anden en enlig mor. I løbet af en udmarvende nat må denne umage trio finde en måde, hvorpå de kan spærre rædslen inde igen. Med frygtløshed, galgenhumor og håbet om lidt held i sprøjten drager de ud i natten på deres mission for at redde hele menneskeheden.  

"On every level, Cold Storage is pure, unadulterated entertainment."?Douglas Preston, The New York TimesFor readers of Andy Weir and Noah Hawley comes an astonishing debut by the screenwriter of Jurassic Park: a wild and terrifying adventure about three strangers who must work together to contain a highly contagious, deadly organismWhen Pentagon bioterror operative Roberto Diaz was sent to investigate a suspected biochemical attack, he found something far worse: a highly mutative organism capable of extinction-level destruction. He contained it and buried it in cold storage deep beneath a little-used military repository.Now, after decades of festering in a forgotten sub-basement, the specimen has found its way out and is on a lethal feeding frenzy. Only Diaz knows how to stop it.He races across the country to help two unwitting security guards?one an ex-con, the other a single mother. Over one harrowing night, the unlikely trio must figure out how to quarantine this horror again. All they have is luck, fearlessness, and a mordant sense of humor. Will that be enough to save all of humanity?

Hace treinta y dos años, Roberto Díaz, que forma parte de un equipo élite y secreto del Pentágono, viajó al desierto australiano para investigar un posible ataque bioquímico. Lo que encontró fue mucho peor: un organismo altamente mutante, similar a una planta, capaz de causar epidemias destructivas. Se las arregló para contenerlo, enterrándolo en una cámara de almacenamiento en el fondo de una instalación gubernamental fuertemente armada. Sin embargo, esa instalación del gobierno se cerró y se vendida a una compañía que renta espacios para almacenamiento. Al no tener supervisión, el organismo encuentra su salida y está mutando más rápido que nunca. A Diaz se le pide volver de su retiro para ayudar a dos inusuales guardias de seguridad: uno es un exconvicto, la otra una madre soltera, ambos se esfuerzan por preservas sus vidas. Díaz sabe demasiado bien lo que está en juego; los otros dos están aprendiendo sobre la marcha, enfrentando los efectos de esta catástrofe mientras pasan por ella. El objetivo sigue siendo simple: poner en cuarentena este horror una vez más y salvar a toda la humanidad. Cold Storage es un libro de suspenso, único y placentero, con una acción que se mueve rápidamente, un agudo sentido del humor y una brillante exhibición de historias.

SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE FROM NETFLIX AND ACADEMY AWARD-WINNING DIRECTOR KATHRYN BIGELOW?Fantastic story, a real page-turner. Impossible to put down." ? Stephen KingFrom the author of Cold Storage comes a riveting, eerily plausible thriller, told with the menace and flair of Under the Dome or Project Hail Mary, in which a worldwide cataclysm plays out in the lives of one complicated Midwestern family. In Aurora, Illinois, Aubrey Wheeler is just trying to get by after her semi-criminal ex-husband split, leaving behind his unruly teenage son. Then the lights go out?not just in Aurora but across the globe. A solar storm has knocked out power almost everywhere. Suddenly, all problems are local, very local, and Aubrey must assume the mantle of fierce protector of her suburban neighborhood. Across the country lives Aubrey's estranged brother, Thom. A fantastically wealthy, neurotically over-prepared Silicon Valley CEO, he plans to ride out the crisis in a gilded desert bunker he built for maximum comfort and security.But the complicated history between the siblings is far from over, and what feels like the end of the world is just the beginning of several long-overdue reckonings?which not everyone will survive . . . Aurora is suspenseful storytelling?both large scale and small?at its finest.

"e;On every level, Cold Storage is pure, unadulterated entertainment."e; Douglas Preston, The New York Times Book ReviewFor fans ofThe Martian,Dark Matter,andBefore the Fallcomes an astonishing debut thriller by the screenwriter ofJurassic Park: a wild and terrifying bioterrorism adventure about three strangers who must work together to contain a highly contagious, deadly organism that could destroy all of humanity.They thought it was contained. They were wrong.When Pentagon bioterror operative Roberto Diaz was sent to investigate a suspected biochemical attack, he found something far worse: a highly mutative organism capable of extinction-level destruction. He contained it and buried it in cold storage deep beneath a little-used military repository.Now, after decades of festering in a forgotten sub-basement, the specimen has found its way out and is on a lethal feeding frenzy. Only Diaz knows how to stop it.He races across the country to help two unwitting security guardsone an ex-con, the other a single mother. Over one harrowing night, the unlikely trio must figure out how to quarantine this horror again. All they have is luck, fearlessness, and a mordant sense of humor. Will that be enough to save all of humanity?

From the author of Cold Storage comes a riveting, eerily plausible thriller about a worldwide blackout and the lengths one family go to stay alive. When the world falls into darkness no one is safe...

'Gruesome, terrifying, pulse-pounding, and also pretty goddamn funny in places. You need to get on this right away.' Stephen King 'Jurrassic Park screenwriter Koepp's jaunty debut ... it's Michael Crichton with laughs'Financial Times