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Paperback, Film tie-in edition
Published: 18th March 2008
Paperback, Film tie-in edition
Published: 18th March 2008
Jumper: Griffins Story
By (Author) Steven Gould
HarperCollins Publishers
HarperVoyager
18th March 2008
Film tie-in edition
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
813.54
Paperback
288
Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 16mm
195g
Jumper: Griffins Story was written by Gould to compliment the 2008 film Jumper starring Samuel L Jackson.
The novel explores the life of Griffin OConnor as he uses his teleportation powers to hunt his parents murderers.
Rule One: Never jump where someone can see you.
Rule Two: Never jump near home.
Rule Three: Never jump to or from the same place twice.
Rule Four: Only jump if you have, only if they find you.
The first time it happened, Griffin OConnor was only five years old; he jumped from the steps of the Martyrs Memorial in Oxford, in front of a busload of tourists. The second time it happened his family had to cross an ocean to protect his secret.
But four years later Griff accidentally broke his parents rules and jumped again. That night the men from Oxford found them, and by morning his parents had been murdered, leaving Griff alone, wounded and only nine years old.
Griffin grows up with only two goals: to survive, and to kill the people who want him dead. And a Jumper bent on revenge is not going to let anything stand in his way.
[Goulds] warm, delightful and compulsively readable novel displays assured storytelling skill.
Publishers Weekly
Steven Charles Gould is an American science fiction author. His novels tend to have protagonists fighting to rid government of corrupt antagonists. The struggle against corruption is the focus, rather than the technology. He has written ten novels and is best known for his 1992 novel Jumper.