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Reflex (novel)

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Language
  
English

Media type
  
Print (hardback)

Originally published
  
August 2005

Preceded by
  
Publisher
  
3.9/5
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Country
  
United States

Publication date
  
August, 2005

Pages
  
384 pp

Author
  
Followed by
  
Genres
  
Novel, Science Fiction

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ISBN
  
0-3128-6421-3 (hardback edition)ISBN 978-0-8125-7854-6 (paperback)

Similar
  
Steven Gould books, Jumper books

Reflex is the 2004 sequel to the 1992 novel Jumper by Steven Gould.

Contents

Synopsis

Set ten years after the conclusion of Jumper, David Rice, a young man with the ability to teleport, has married Millie and occasionally works for the National Security Agency, only accepting jobs that he finds to be morally acceptable. During a meeting with Brian Cox, his NSA handler, Brian is killed, and David is kidnapped by a powerful criminal organization with influence over the NSA and other government agencies. Millie discovers that she, too, has the ability to "jump" and sets out to find and rescue David with help from members of the NSA and, later, the FBI. The novel tells the story from David's and Millie's perspectives in alternating chapters.

Characters

  • David Rice – Has the ability to "jump" instantaneously to any location that he can visualize accurately. Kidnapped and held captive throughout most of the story.
  • Millie Harrison-Rice – David's wife. Shares her husband's ability and uses it to track him down and rescue him.
  • Brian Cox – David's connection to the NSA, who is murdered attempting to protect David from capture.
  • Hyacinth Pope – Murderer of Brian Cox and primary tormentor of the captive David.
  • Lawrence Simons – Owner of the house where David is held and important member of the organization behind his abduction. Superior to Hyacinth Pope.
  • Film adaptation

    A film based on the second book titled Reflex was the planned sequel to Jumper.

    Sequel

    Gould wrote a 2008 short story, "Shade", that takes place after the events in Reflex and before the events in the 2013 novel Impulse. It was published on Tor Books' community website.

    References

    Reflex (novel) Wikipedia


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