The Dark River (Fourth Realm, #2)
A brilliant follow-up to the New York Times bestseller, The Traveler. The Dark River follows the Harlequin, Maya, and the Traveler, Gabriel Corrigan, on their search for Gabriel’s lost father.
In his first novel, John Twelve Hawks introduced the worldMore A brilliant follow-up to the New York Times bestseller, The Traveler. The Dark River follows the Harlequin, Maya, and the Traveler, Gabriel Corrigan, on their search for Gabriel’s lost father.
In his first novel, John Twelve Hawks introduced the world of two brothers, Gabriel and Michael Corrigan, who learned they were Travelers, a line of prophets through history who are able to travel into different realms of consciousness and existence, and Maya, a Harlequin who, like Harlequins before her, pledged to lay down her own life to protect any Traveler.
The Dark River opens following Maya and Gabriel’s narrow escape from his brother, Michael, and the group of powerful men who have been pursuing them. The landscape has shifted: Michael has become part of the group that wants to capture Gabriel, and thanks to advanced surveillance technology there are few places for them to hide. While he is recuperating and staying in the shadows in New York City, a shocking piece of information trickles back to Gabriel concerning his and Michael’s father. A Traveler who was believed to be dead for nearly twenty years, Gabriel hears, may still be alive and trapped somewhere across the globe. Gabriel, Maya, Hollis and Vicki must plan their escape from New York as well as their path to Gabriel’s father, who has the ability to revive the failing Traveler movement. But Michael and his group of Tabula mercenaries are equally motivated to find both Gabriel and their father–for both represent an obstacle to Michael’s unchallenged power.
The Dark River is a scintillating novel that, like The Traveler. is deeply and richly drawn, showcasing a superb and original voice. Less
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Starshine rated it liked it
almost 10 years ago
Recommends it for: People who want to know what happened after "The Traveler"
I absolutely LOVED "The Traveler", as can be seen by my 5-Star rating. I couldn't put it down, and I was actually greatly torn between going on to "The Dark River", or reading Book 7 of Harry Potter. Yes, that's how good "The Traveler" was. Harry Potter won out, naturally. Read full review
Elizabeta rated it really liked it
about 1 year ago
Great sequel of The Traveler.
Carly rated it liked it
almost 2 years ago
My first encounter with Twelve Hawks was through Spark. which I found pretty darned awesome, enough so that I decided to try another of his works. My library doesn't have the first in the Fourth Realm trilogy, so I decided to try my luck with the second.
Alex Telander rated it liked it
almost 7 years ago
THE DARK RIVER BY JOHN TWELVE HAWKS: John Twelve Hawks returns with The Dark River, the second of the trilogy, after The Traveler, in the Fourth Realm series. We last left off with Gabriel on the run from the Tabula with his Harlequin, Maya, having just sabotaged the Tabu. Read full review
Carolyn rated it did not like it
almost 7 years ago
Recommends it for: New Age Conspiracy Theorist Privacy Advocates
Ugh, an interesting premise falls flat on it's face.
Lots of descriptions of black leather, weapons & automobiles, but stiff wooden characters, the author has a painfully obvious agenda.
Spiritualism = good
Materialism = bad
Technology is evil because it's being used by. Read full review
Topher rated it it was amazing
about 9 years ago
I am completely fascinated by this series. It has such a dark paranoid feel to it. in some ways, a flashback to my mentality in college and previous career. I'd say the series is well worth reading, if only because anything that talks about ubiquitous monitoring of our. Read full review
Julie H. rated it really liked it
about 8 years ago
So, book 2 of the Fourth Realm Trilogy was pretty interesting. A good deal more disconcerting given the story's basis in rebel forces trying to combat the Brethren, a Ludlumesque global conspiracy in support of controlling the populace through a culture of fear, never-end. Read full review
Nikki rated it it was ok
about 5 years ago
I enjoyed The Traveler, despite its cliches, but with The Dark River, I sometimes found myself embarrassed to be reading it. This was most acute when the story suddenly turned into The Da Vinci Code. Look, I'm not above reading fluff, obviously, but I do draw the line in. Read full review
Mike (the Paladin) rated it liked it
about 6 years ago
This is not your run of the mill story. Conspiracies everywhere and Hindu worlds of the dead to boot.
This one picks up not long after The Traveler. and builds on the Maya & Gabriel relationship as it sweeps around the world, seeks to tie any and every religious eve. Read full review
Jeff rated it did not like it
over 6 years ago
I really didn't think it could be worse than the first one, but sheesh, was I wrong. Absolutely NOTHING happens in this book--sure, a few characters die, but the plot of this "trilogy" is not moved forward at all, the backstory (which it could use) is not developed, and r. Read full review