The Walls of York
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Beschreibung
Produktdetails
Einband
Taschenbuch
Erscheinungsdatum
10.02.2026
Verlag
B.P. StoneSeitenzahl
366
Maße (L/B/H)
21,6/14/2,2 cm
Gewicht
516 g
Sprache
Englisch
EAN
9798233408847
The Walls of York By B.P. Stone Haunted by the past. Hunted by history. Chosen by the walls. John Grady has spent a lifetime running, from the trauma of New York's darkest days, from the ghosts of Orlando's tragedies, from the memories that refuse to let him rest. When he and his wife Claire cross the Atlantic to start anew in the ancient city of York, John hopes the city's stone walls will offer the peace he's never found. But York is a city built on centuries of blood and memory, and its walls are anything but silent. At first, John's morning walks are a way to keep the nightmares at bay. But soon, the boundaries between past and present begin to blur. The city flickers with impossible visions: Victorian constables and modern buses share the same street; the scent of gunpowder and jet fuel lingers in the mist. And always, there is the woman in the green coat, watching, waiting, as if she knows him from another life. As John is drawn deeper into the mysteries of York's walls, he discovers he is not alone. There are others, Walkers, who, like him, are attuned to the fractures in time, survivors marked by trauma and chosen by the city's ancient stones. Together, they bear witness to history's wounds, nudging fate at its most fragile moments. But not everyone who walks the walls seeks to heal. A rival faction, the Architects, believe the past can, and should, be rewritten, no matter the cost. When John is recruited by both sides, he must confront the hardest question of all: If you could change history, would you? And what would you sacrifice to save a single life, or a thousand? Blending the psychological intensity of The Silent Patient with the speculative intrigue of The City & The City, The Walls of York is a genre-bending novel of trauma, memory, and the thin line between witness and intervention. B.P. Stone's evocative prose brings York's rain-soaked streets and haunted battlements to life, exploring the cost of survival and the power of small acts of mercy in a world where every choice echoes through time. For fans of Kate Atkinson, Claire North, and Mick Herron, this is a story about the scars we carry, the histories we inherit, and the courage it takes to walk the walls, no matter what century you find yourself in.
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