In this world, the ones with special abilities are called the Changed.

It’s now time for Fogg to reveal the truth he hid for decades. They meet again because the Bureau need Foog to answer a couple of questions regarding to an old case. Both men used to work together but Fogg retired years ago while Oblivion decided to keep working for the Bureau under the command of the Old Man. The book opens up in the present-time, Fogg is at a bar, sipping a drink, when Oblivion appears in front of him. Set in an alternate reality where a German scientist created a machine that randomly gave some people superpowers, The Violent Century follows Fogg and Oblivion, two “changed” British agents working for the Bureau, a special service composed of people with special abilities. But all heroes must choose when to join the fray, and to whom their allegiance is owed-even for just one perfect summer’s day.įrom the World Fantasy and Campbell award-winning author of Central Station comes a sweeping novel of history, adventure, and what it means to be a hero. Increasingly depraved scientists conduct despicable research in the name of victoryīritish agents Fogg and Oblivion, recalled to the Retirement Bureau, have kept a treacherous secret for over forty years. At the dawn of global war, flashy American superheroes square off against sinister Germans and dissolute Russians. Nations race to harness the gifted, putting them to increasingly dark ends.

Publication Date : August 8th 2019 (first published in 2013)Ī bold experiment has mutated a small fraction of humanity. Genre : Spy Fiction, Science Fiction, Alternate History

The violent century by lavie tidhar