DOWN – Pinhole is the first book of 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, archaeologist, physician, former biotechnology CEO, screenwriter and film producer, has written ten thrillers that have sold over six million copies in thirty translations.
DOWN – Portal is the second book in Glenn Cooper’s new epic trilogy, a cross between DANTE’S INFERNO and GAME OF THRONES. DOWN is part historical thriller and part fantasy-adventure, a thought-provoking, page-turning saga that explores the consequences of evil and transports readers to a world unlike any they have ever experienced. The connection between Earth and Down has widened. What had been a mere pinhole has now grown into a portal with a dozen innocents swept into the strange and terrifying world of Down. Emily Loughty, the physicist in charge of the super-collider that opened the portal, must return to Down with her lover, John Camp, in a desperate bid to rescue the innocents and close the portal. They are joined by two volunteers, a street-savvy ex-policeman and a charismatic medieval weapons expert who hosts a popular British TV show. Together they have scant time to navigate the savage and sinister world of Down and find the scattered souls before hope is lost and all are trapped. On Earth, Ben Wellington, a senior MI5 agent, is tasked with finding the rampaging residents of Down who have entered our world. When the most loathsome of all the men of Down, a band of rovers, begin to terrorize the English countryside, Ben must turn to the unlikeliest of allies to track them and eliminate the growing threat. Glenn Cooper, a Harvard graduate, archaeologist, physician, former biotechnology CEO, screenwriter and film producer, has written ten thrillers that have sold over six million copies in thirty-two translations.
DOWN – Floodgate is the third book in Glenn Cooper’s new epic trilogy, a cross between DANTE’S INFERNO and GAME OF THRONES. DOWN is part historical thriller and part fantasy-adventure, a thought-provoking, page-turning saga that explores the consequences of evil and transports readers to a world unlike any they have ever experienced. The crisis has gone from bad to worse. The chain of events that produced the connection between Earth and Down has galloped out of control. What had been a portal is now a floodgate. London faces an apocalyptic crisis with hordes of confused and murderous residents of Down attacking the populace. The truth can no longer be hidden. With the entire world watching and debating the philosophical and theological realities of the existence of Down, London is placed under martial law. Emily Loughty and John Camp are convinced that one man holds the key to severing the expanding connections between the two worlds. And that man is a tragic resident of Down. To find him they will have to undertake the most dangerous and complex of all their journeys. To buy time and protect London from marauding invaders, John assembles a band of special forces soldiers to travel to Down and fight them on their own turf. He also enlists the help of someone whose special skills might save the day, his estranged brother. In London, Ben Wellington, must deal with the spiral of violence and chaos gripping the city. In a shocking conclusion, profoundly disturbing but genuinely inspirational, John and Emily must face one last challenge together. Glenn Cooper, a Harvard graduate, archaeologist, physician, former biotechnology CEO, screenwriter and film producer, has written ten thrillers that have sold over six million copies in thirty-two translations.