The River by Cheryl Kaye Tardif
Cover designed by Jessica Tardif
Stem cell research, cloning, and world domination--with a twist...
The South Nahanni River area of Canada's Northwest Territories has a history of mysterious deaths, disappearances and headless corpses, but it may also hold the key to humanity’s survival―or its destruction.
Del thought her father was long dead. But someone from her past says otherwise. Now she and a group of near strangers embark on a perilous mission...
Seven years ago, Del Hawthorne’s father and three of his friends disappeared near the Nahanni River and were presumed dead. When one of the missing men stumbles onto the University grounds, alive but barely recognizable and aging before her eyes, Del is shocked. Especially when the man tells her something inconceivable. Her father is still alive!
Gathering a group of volunteers, Del travels to the Nahanni River to rescue her father. There, she finds a secret river that plunges her into a technologically advanced world of nanobots and painful serums. Del uncovers a conspiracy of unimaginable horror, a plot that threatens to destroy us all. Will humanity be sacrificed for the taste of eternal life?
At what point have we become...God?
The River is set in Canada and features Vancouver, the South Nahanni River and Fort Simpson in the Northwest Territories, and Quebec City.
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REVIEWS
"Cheryl Kaye Tardif skillfully balances scientific intrigue, and the human desire to retain a youthful body, with tantalizing sexual tension, and vivid characterizations in this engrossing romantic thriller...Exciting and vivid. Tardif’s latest novel sweeps readersalong into uncharted, wild Canadian territory.A thrilling adventurewhere science sniffs harder, desperate to find the fountain-of-youth."―Christina Francine, Midwest Book Review
"Local author Cheryl Kaye Tardif specializes in mile-a-minute pot-boiler mysteries, usually set in Western Canadian locales. Her latest, The River, is a whodunit centred around mysterious happenings on the Nahanni River up north. An earlier Tardif book, the independently released Whale Song, will be published in early 2007 by Kunati Books." ―Edmonton Sun (June 15, 2006)
"Mix some Michael Crichton with a touch of Dean Koontz..." says Amanda Richards, Top 100 Amazon Reviewer
Plunge into "The River" for a thrilling adventure! Get carried away by the flow of Tardif's magical prose!...Author Cheryl Kaye Tardif hooked me from the first sentence...Author Cheryl Kaye Tardif is a true wordsmith, writing fluently while making it seem easy. Her plot is well-paced, with characters so believable the reader cares what happens to them, and above all, her imagination soars. This is a true high-concept story...You're in for an absorbing adventure--with more twists and turns than the Nahanni River itself--and a surprising, yet satisfying ending that leaves you gasping for more." --Betty Dravis, author of Millennium Babe: The Prophecy
"The River is a gripping combination of suspense, sci-fi and adventure...a cross between Michael Crichton's Timeline and Dan Brown's Angels & Demons."―Matt Scofield, a fan
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To locate an independent bookstore in the US:
Order Whale Song, The River and Divine Intervention online at:
Alibris
Amazon
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Chapters.Indigo.ca
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