But when the doppelganger murders a smalltown teenager, assumes his shape, and takes over his life, hes shocked by the world he steps into. The more i think about this book, the more creeped out i get. Outside europe, it was released as journey to the far side of the sun, the title by which it is now more commonly known. Accelerated reader quiz list reading practice gaslight media. Thriftbooks sells millions of used books at the lowest everyday prices. While exploring a new planet, sheppard started to watch a strange crystal. In this book, the main character explores the ups and downs of human nature. Hes coming to do what every member of his monster race must. He plays sport, catches up with mates and goes to school. Gabriel, as he comes to be named by amber, exhibits traits that all humans should have despite his lonely upbringing and his instinct which tells him to kill humans for his own survival. For the witch to master her powers, the twin must be killed. The paperback of the doppelganger by david stahler jr. Prologue doppelganger is a german word that literally means double goer. The book opens on a scene where mirage, a hunter individuals who specialize as assassins, bodyguards and spies, is hiding and preparing to strike three men who mistake her for a witch at first then for a cousin witchs assistant.
The plot really set the mood and made me feel the pain that the characters were going through. Doppelganger by david stahler jr book cover, description, publication history. A misfit teenager with no real identity or contact to the. We personally assess every books quality and offer rare, outofprint treasures. Shakespeare explored it in the comedy of errors, as did alexandre dumas in the man in the iron mask, and both dickens a tale of two cities and poes william wilson exploited the idea just ahead of dostoevskys famed and oftadapted novel, the double. Doppelganger by michael parker penguin books australia. In truesight, thirteenyearold protagonist jacob has grown up blind, as has everyone on his planet, but finds his sight restored after a bout with serious headaches.
Doppelganger students from uk, ireland meet in germany during exchange michael sheehan, an assistant professor of neurobiology and. Raised in a cabin in the middle of nowhere by a mother who despises him, the doppelganger has left home at last. The author made the characters come to life and the setting really helped out how dark the book really is. In a small town, in real life, that might keep us pretty well sorted out. Literatures philosophy, 2010 book by dimitris vardoulakis.
The 30 best movies about doubles and doppelgangers taste. Frank has a habit of throwing himself against the floor to ceiling windows in his 38th floor office building. His other provocative works for young adults include truesight, the seer, and otherspace. In 1830, in the midst of an episode of depression, he wrote a long polemic against the firstperson pronoun, in the form of a letter to his friend eliza emmerson. Neil douglas was shocked to discover his twin brother from a different mother, robert stirling, on the flight from stansted to shannon airport, county clare. Mirage, a fierce bounty hunter, lives by her wits and. The first section starts off with a flashback where the doppelganger is in the form of chris. An author of ya fiction across a variety of genres with an emphasis on the strange and supernatural, his books include the truesight trilogy a science fiction series with a dystopian. The xulon press bookstore provides an easy way to purchase this book using the link below, or you can find it at your local christian bookstore. Doppelganger by michael parker by angus todd on prezi. As well as this, michael has competed as a hurdler in two olympics, so he. The novel deals particularly with a doppelganger who kills teenager chris parker, a high.
Mirage, being a great hunter trained from silverfire, gets her mark and almost kills the three men. For all of the highly amusing plot points of this book, the authors narrative tool of. A doppelgangers tactical abilities are limited by their intelligence. Doppelganger by david stahler, brad raimondo, audiobook.
In order to get a human body they must kill a human and take on his or her form. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading doppelganger. Recently, in the small german town of prenzlau, it looked as though the late. A quisling will imitate a zombie perfectly and will attempt to feed on a normal. The first part of this book is quite a bit of setup, but after you get through that the story really picks up and gets engaging. Published february 28, 2008 fantasy, rac 36 comments tags. Jerry spinelli, spinelli, jerry 1941 personal born february 1, 1941. My name is matthew withers, a fairly new book enthusiast and complete booktube newbie. Talk story about east german party chief erich honecker lookalike kurt schmidt. Back on atlantis, everybody but him started to have some bad nightmares. Our hero who goes nameless throughout the majority of the story suffers from this insecurity more than most.
Hes a doppelganger, born to kill humans and then take on his victims persona for a period of time before moving on to the next life. Hyde by robert louis stevenson, the double by fyodor dostoyevsky, the scapegoat by. He will then take that shape and identity for himself. Doppelganger by david stahler jr fantastic fiction. This is just a list of characters who were based off of clark kentsuperman and some of his counterparts from alternate realities in a variety of different ways. Doppelganger by michael parker doppelganger plot doppelganger is an intersesting and a truly imaginative story that has many twists and turns. The story follows andrew a relatively normal young male. Who hasnt wished he could wake up as the highschool football hero, dating the prom queen.
What teenage boy doesnt feel uncomfortable in his own skin. There are many true instances where this has occurred for example in 1860, right after winning the presidential election, abraham lincoln had a. During a zombiepocalypse a quisling is any person who has become so physiologically disturbed that heshe subconsciously convinces him or herself that they are one of the walking dead. Doppelganger brennan novel, a 2006 fantasy novel by marie brennan. The nameless narrator of stahlers truesight horror storymorality fable opens by announcing his most recent murderand then things start to get really dark. The nameless narrator of stahler s truesight horror storymorality fable opens by announcing his most recent murderand then things start to get really. Wed love you to buy this book, and hope you find this page convenient in locating a place of purchase.
Percy bysshe shelley was a brilliant poet in his own right, although he is mainly remembered as the husband of mary shelley the author of frankenstein. Doppelganger, a book that david stahler put out into the world for everyone to enjoy. Doppelgangers try to survive in this world through a human body. However, pedretti and duff are far from the only famous pairs we have trouble distinguishing from each other. Light on gore but gravid with unsettling psychological insight, doppelganger is a first. They are not supposed to have doubts, but this one does. Then the main character explains what a doppelganger is and what they do, how they kill people and are shape shifters. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. So when fighting one someone will have to use skills that can be used more intelligently. Raised in a cabin in the middle of nowhere by a mother who despises h. Wed love you to buy this book, and hope you find this page convenient in. Unfortunately for miryo and mirage, mirage is that doppleganger and she isnt going to go down easily.
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