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La trilogia di Dannati: Dannati-La porta delle tenebre-L' invasione delle tenebre
DOWN is an explosive new trilogy by international bestselling author, Glenn Cooper. A cross between DANTE’S INFERNO and GAME OF THRONES, DOWN is part historical thriller and part fantasy-adventure, a thought-provoking, page-turning, epic saga that explores the consequences of evil and transports readers to a world unlike any they have ever experienced.
John Camp heads up security at a world’s largest super-collider tunneled around London. Scarred by his wartime experiences, he’s been fighting his demons and putting his life back in order. High on his priorities is his new relationship with physicist Emily Loughty, the collider’s beautiful and accomplished Scottish research director.
When the collider starts up it hits its projected energy target but then inexplicably continues powering much higher. In the blink of an eye Emily disappears and a rough-looking man appears in her place. In fear and confusion the man barrels out of the lab and disappears. His identity may be the only clue to what has happened.
John volunteers to embark on a mission to try and rescue Emily and when the collider is powered up again he finds himself in a strange and terrifying world, geographically identical to Earth but very different. It’s a place some call Down, eternally populated by those who’ve committed the most unforgivable acts of evil during their lives. Here in a world with but a few glimmers of hope, kings and dukes, including infamous historical figures, battle perpetually for supremacy. In a race against time, John must navigate the terrible landscape of Down and bring home the love of his life before they are trapped for the rest of their lives.
Glenn Cooper, a Harvard graduate, a medical doctor, archaeologist, former biotechnology CEO, screenwriter and film producer, has written ten thrillers that have sold over six million copies in thirty translations.
John Camp heads up security at a world’s largest super-collider tunneled around London. Scarred by his wartime experiences, he’s been fighting his demons and putting his life back in order. High on his priorities is his new relationship with physicist Emily Loughty, the collider’s beautiful and accomplished Scottish research director.
When the collider starts up it hits its projected energy target but then inexplicably continues powering much higher. In the blink of an eye Emily disappears and a rough-looking man appears in her place. In fear and confusion the man barrels out of the lab and disappears. His identity may be the only clue to what has happened.
John volunteers to embark on a mission to try and rescue Emily and when the collider is powered up again he finds himself in a strange and terrifying world, geographically identical to Earth but very different. It’s a place some call Down, eternally populated by those who’ve committed the most unforgivable acts of evil during their lives. Here in a world with but a few glimmers of hope, kings and dukes, including infamous historical figures, battle perpetually for supremacy. In a race against time, John must navigate the terrible landscape of Down and bring home the love of his life before they are trapped for the rest of their lives.
Glenn Cooper, a Harvard graduate, a medical doctor, archaeologist, former biotechnology CEO, screenwriter and film producer, has written ten thrillers that have sold over six million copies in thirty translations.
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First published August 1, 2015
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About the author
Glenn Cooper
30 books1,383 followersGlenn Cooper is an internationally bestselling thriller writer.
Glenn was born in New York City and grew up in nearby White Plains. He attended White Plains High School before enrolling at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts where he graduated from Harvard with an honors degree in archaeology. He then attended Tufts University School of Medicine and did his post-doctoral training at the New England Deaconess and the Massachusetts General Hospitals becoming a board-certified specialist in Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases. After practicing medicine, Glenn began a research career in the pharmaceutical industry which culminated in an eighteen-year position as the Chairman and CEO of a biotechnology company in Massachusetts. Glenn began writing screenplays over twenty years ago and his interest in movies prompted him to attend the graduate program in film production at Boston University. He is currently the chairman of a media company, Lascaux Media, which has produced three independent feature-length films. In 2006 Glenn turned his hand to novel-writing. His debut novel, THE LIBRARY OF THE DEAD, the first in a trilogy, became an international bestseller and was translated into thirty languages. All of his seven published books have become top-ten international best-sellers.
Glenn currently lives in New Hampshire.
Glenn was born in New York City and grew up in nearby White Plains. He attended White Plains High School before enrolling at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts where he graduated from Harvard with an honors degree in archaeology. He then attended Tufts University School of Medicine and did his post-doctoral training at the New England Deaconess and the Massachusetts General Hospitals becoming a board-certified specialist in Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases. After practicing medicine, Glenn began a research career in the pharmaceutical industry which culminated in an eighteen-year position as the Chairman and CEO of a biotechnology company in Massachusetts. Glenn began writing screenplays over twenty years ago and his interest in movies prompted him to attend the graduate program in film production at Boston University. He is currently the chairman of a media company, Lascaux Media, which has produced three independent feature-length films. In 2006 Glenn turned his hand to novel-writing. His debut novel, THE LIBRARY OF THE DEAD, the first in a trilogy, became an international bestseller and was translated into thirty languages. All of his seven published books have become top-ten international best-sellers.
Glenn currently lives in New Hampshire.
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June 28, 2019
Very unique story to me
CONTAINS SPOILERS!
I didn't know if I would like this, but thought I would give it a try. I really enjoyed it for the most part. I liked the characters, who had some depths and it was a rather good take on what might happen with opening a gateway to another world... just the world was our own but uniquely different... It was literally hell that had no end... previously! It has some good twists along the way too.
But, I was a but disappointed that the only thing that sent people to hell was murder, I believe that really there are many other reasons that people would go there. Also that it all ended fairly happily, as is common with American books and movies is nice but truly predictable even with the final twist.
I find it rather irritating that like many Americans the author found the past tense too difficult to use properly and odd spellings/endings to words are used instead of changing the word correctly, although that won't bother most readers.I
Overall if you can bear the bad grammar then give it a go, it's quite a good yarn.
CONTAINS SPOILERS!
I didn't know if I would like this, but thought I would give it a try. I really enjoyed it for the most part. I liked the characters, who had some depths and it was a rather good take on what might happen with opening a gateway to another world... just the world was our own but uniquely different... It was literally hell that had no end... previously! It has some good twists along the way too.
But, I was a but disappointed that the only thing that sent people to hell was murder, I believe that really there are many other reasons that people would go there. Also that it all ended fairly happily, as is common with American books and movies is nice but truly predictable even with the final twist.
I find it rather irritating that like many Americans the author found the past tense too difficult to use properly and odd spellings/endings to words are used instead of changing the word correctly, although that won't bother most readers.I
Overall if you can bear the bad grammar then give it a go, it's quite a good yarn.
August 4, 2025
A good, but frustrating, read!
On the whole I enjoyed this trilogy; the idea was very clever and thought-provoking, the "world-building" , as it were, was excellent, and each character was fully fleshed-out and felt very alive, with their personalities extremely well described and realistic. The only negative I have is that I was so frustrated by the number of, at-first seemingly insurmountable, disbelief-suspending problems that had to be resolved by all involved, only to solve them all fairly easily, actually (lots of happy coincidences and good luck), and all just in the nick of time, to boot! I was also a tad disappointed with the ending, which felt rushed, and almost a cop-out. Despite that, this trilogy is something that I know I'll be ruminating over and reflecting on a long time after finishing it.
On the whole I enjoyed this trilogy; the idea was very clever and thought-provoking, the "world-building" , as it were, was excellent, and each character was fully fleshed-out and felt very alive, with their personalities extremely well described and realistic. The only negative I have is that I was so frustrated by the number of, at-first seemingly insurmountable, disbelief-suspending problems that had to be resolved by all involved, only to solve them all fairly easily, actually (lots of happy coincidences and good luck), and all just in the nick of time, to boot! I was also a tad disappointed with the ending, which felt rushed, and almost a cop-out. Despite that, this trilogy is something that I know I'll be ruminating over and reflecting on a long time after finishing it.
November 21, 2018
Not Glenn’s best work
I pushed through and finished it but it was a struggle at times. The story is disjointed and hard to follow.
I pushed through and finished it but it was a struggle at times. The story is disjointed and hard to follow.
March 24, 2020
I liked it. 3 books in 1. Being an italian I spent long time with them. Initially I enjoyed more than after having passed the second book. Strange final, I liked it
December 9, 2020
One of my best Trilogies ! Couldn’t leave the book for too long. Simply loved it !
Full of suspense and great historical winks
Full of suspense and great historical winks
April 24, 2022
Sembra di leggere una nuova versione della Divina Commedia, ma molto più coinvolgente.
August 15, 2015
I only have the first book but on Goodreads the only way I could find it was the box set. So, my review is only about the first book.
I have read all of Glenn Cooper's novels to date. But, this one.. is way different than anything he's ever written. Don't get me wrong.. many will love it. But, for me.. it was a little to out there. The physic entanglement intrigued me at first. But, then.. it just became a story that was a little to predictable. As I neared the end.. I already figured that many others were going to be swapped back and forth between this world and "hell". I couldn't really get attached to the characters. And, honestly didn't care who made it or didn't. I feel badly posting a negative review. But, this one.. just wasn't my cuppa tea. Sorry. :(
I have read all of Glenn Cooper's novels to date. But, this one.. is way different than anything he's ever written. Don't get me wrong.. many will love it. But, for me.. it was a little to out there. The physic entanglement intrigued me at first. But, then.. it just became a story that was a little to predictable. As I neared the end.. I already figured that many others were going to be swapped back and forth between this world and "hell". I couldn't really get attached to the characters. And, honestly didn't care who made it or didn't. I feel badly posting a negative review. But, this one.. just wasn't my cuppa tea. Sorry. :(
August 2, 2015
Volume I of Down has more adventure, science, history and imagination than I ever thought possible. The book begins with a super-collider experiment and continues into possible regions hidden in the make up of matter. In a different reality called "Down," evil figures from the past continue their activities with a new dimension: no one can die, but everyone can suffer. Across this incredible wasteland, a love story plays out. The first book was exciting right up to the end, then curses! the end is only a new beginning. Now I am anxiously awaiting for the next volume.
March 5, 2016
Interesting idea with some good themes similar to the Riverworld saga, but in the end the narrative just seemed to ramble at times and had lots of improbable escapes from situations.
Still an enjoyable read though
Still an enjoyable read though
October 16, 2015
this was a intersting set of books. I found myself enjoying them.
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