The Beholders Thomas Berger the being that was once

the being that was once Dave Bowmanthe only human to unlock the mystery of the monolithstreaks toward Earth on a vital mission of its own

By the Nobel Prize-winning author of The Remains of the Day and Never Let Me Go

braver than you feel or greater than you imagine

It is a dead town

Against authority

The Beholders Thomas Berger the being that was once"Held me completely in its thrall until the very last line" SUSAN STOKES CHAPMAN, bestselling author of Pandora "A well researched and thoroughly convincing page turner" LAURA SHEPPERSON, bestselling author of The Heroines SOME HOUSES ARE HAUNTED BY THE LIVING June, 1878. The body of a boy is pulled from the depths of the River Thames, suspected to be the beloved missing child of the widely admired Liberal MP Ralph Gethin. Four months earlier. Harriet