Stream and download audiobooks to your computer, tablet or mobile phone. The electric church ebook by jeff somers 9780316019385. May 07, 2012 in the electic church our antihero avery cates, who is a bad person with good intentions, is hired not that he can refuse to kill someone. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read the electric church. Nov 05, 2007 the electric church, as well as being the title of jeff somers dark and evocative novel, is the worlds largest and fastest growing religion.
Aug 01, 2016 jeff somers the electric church is one such book, a gritty noir story that challenges and surprises with every page. I liked it so much, i read it in a day, bought hardcopies of the next 3 books the next day, and purchased the whole series on audio the first month of my audible account. His vision of the notsodistant future, managed by the fascist system of federated nations and their powerful police, exists in economic chaos, spawning rampant poverty and a vibrant criminal element. Jeff somers books list of books by author jeff somers. This is what he does for a living but this target is a little different. The church preaches that life is too brief to contemplate the mysteries of the universe. Books go search hello select your address best sellers todays deals new releases customer service gift ideas books gift cards electronics. Religion is electrified in the snappy first book of jeff somers cybernoir series featuring avery cates.
Their mission is to convert anyone and everyone to the electric church. Somers has also been called one of the promising lesser lights of mystery writing. In the near future, the only thing growing faster than the criminal population is the electric church, a new religion founded by a mysterious man named dennis squalor. Jeff somers the electric church is one such book, a gritty noir story that challenges and surprises with every page.
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The electric church has 8 available editions to buy at half price books marketplace. The electric church book by jeff somers 8 available. Books by jeff somers authors like jeff somers what should i read next register for free to build your own book lists. While brian ruckleys winterbirth and karen millers the innocent mage handled the fantasy side of things, and lilith saintcrows dante valentine series the urban fantasy crowd, jeff somers the electric church is representing the science fiction portion of orbit books us launch. The electric church was a futuristic, but gloomy future world seen through the eyes of an unlikely antihero avery cates as he fights against a repressive system.
The electric church by jeff somers overdrive rakuten. Theres something remarkably unsettling about passionately rooting for the killers and thieves. Alex lencicki, author at orbit books page 15 of 15. In 1984, william gibsons neuromancer ushered in the cyberpunk era. Oct 05, 2007 the electric church by jeff somers orbit, 384 pp. The contract is on dennis squalor, leader of the electric church, a church where the followers are converted to cyborgs. Download the electric church audiobook by jeff somers. The electric church by jeff somers, 9781400146741, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. The electric church jefferson parish library overdrive. Sep 25, 2007 the electric church ebook written by jeff somers. Books by jeff somers authors like jeff somers what. The electric church jeff somers, read by tod mclaren, tantor media, unabridged, nine cds, 11. The electric church avery cates 9780316053938 by somers, jeff and a great selection of similar new, used and collectible books available now at great prices. Buy a cheap copy of the electric church book by jeff somers.
Get 50% off this audiobook at the audiobooksnow online audio book store and download or stream it right to your computer, smartphone or tablet. John lennon might have imagined a world without religion, but this futuristic tale features a church gone mad, where to convert means sacrificing your brain to a cyborg. As a child he imagined he would be a brain surgeon, until a spiritcrushing experience convinced him that in order to be a brain surgeon he would have to actually attend school, work hard, and master basic mathematics. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the electric church. On a job avery accidentally kills a system security force agent or system pig as they are so affectionately called. Both a product of the eighties and a movement steeped in the lore and. Somers novel the electric church was widely praised on its publication.
Apr 26, 2010 the electric church by jeff somers, 9781400146741, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. The electric church paperback chicago public library. Jeff somers has struck gold with his book the electric church. The streetwise characters in the story, specifically gunner avery cates and his circle of companions, know to become a part of the religion is to completely sever ones ties with humanity. The electric church, as well as being the title of jeff somers dark and evocative novel, is the worlds largest and fastest growing religion. The electric church avery cates book 1 kindle edition by somers, jeff.
Sony nabs rights to jeff somers novel series hollywood. Booklist wrote, somers stunning debut introduces one of the genres most promising newcomers. In order to achieve this, the converted become monks cyborgs with. The electric church avery cates book 1 kindle edition by. Hes up against the monkscyborgs with human brains, enhanced robotic bodies, and a small arsenal of advanced weaponry. A novel that is equal parts raymond chandler and william gibson. Somers, american author of lifers 2001, the freaks are winning. The electric church book by jeff somers thriftbooks. Listen to electric church audiobook by jeff somers. Apr 26, 2010 listen to electric church audiobook by jeff somers. Download or stream the electric church by jeff somers. Millions have had their brains placed in advanced cybernetic bodies, making them immortal.
In his debut novel, the electric church, jeff somers attempts to create a 21st century cyberpunk novel. The novel follows avery cates, a hitman for hire or gunner as they are called in a bleak future where cates at the age of 27 is considered an old man. In order to achieve this, the converted become monks. Following the release of the first avery cates book, the electric church, somers became immensely successful. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets.
Jeff somers the electric church avery cates, book 1 hachette orbit. Jeff somers has 53 books on goodreads with 27900 ratings. But rumour has it that the new converts aren t quite as willing as the monks make out. According to one critic, jeff somers first novel lifers has an undernourished plot, although the same critic praises somers s character observations. The electric church by jeff somers books hachette australia. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the electric church avery cates book 1.