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One Giant Leap
When Harlan Jasper’s father, a renowned nuclear physicist, suddenly passes away, the drug-addicted millionaire playboy is catapulted to the head of a powerful family – and all that comes with it. The House of Jasper’s lineage dates back to biblical times, and Harlan must now fill his father’s role within the world’s most powerful secret society and navigate his way through a complex maze of history and deception, leading him to face unimaginable truths about how his family helped forge the America we know today.
With the help of his counselor, Harlan uncovers a groundbreaking discovery that his father had feverishly been working on – an alternative energy source that could turn the world’s economy on its head and forever change the landscape of human civilization. But before Harlan can make sense of the discovery, their lives are put in jeopardy as a historical enemy has set its sites on the well-guarded research and all who protect it. War rages between two powerful houses, making the world their battlefield. Lives are lost, secrets are revealed and there can only be one survivor.
With the help of his counselor, Harlan uncovers a groundbreaking discovery that his father had feverishly been working on – an alternative energy source that could turn the world’s economy on its head and forever change the landscape of human civilization. But before Harlan can make sense of the discovery, their lives are put in jeopardy as a historical enemy has set its sites on the well-guarded research and all who protect it. War rages between two powerful houses, making the world their battlefield. Lives are lost, secrets are revealed and there can only be one survivor.
- GenresThriller
460 pages, Kindle Edition
First published December 24, 2013
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May 28, 2015
This story takes place in modern times and is the tale of party-boy Harlan Jasper who suddenly becomes the patriarch of the powerful Jasper family. We learn through very, very lengthy history lessons that the Jasper family has been around for thousands of years, and between the fictitious House of Jasper, the Plantagenets, the Iscariots (as in Judas from the Bible), and the Pope, they pretty much run the whole world. Looks like our party-boy is going to have to lay off the coke to be able to lead a family with this kind of power. I found the story to be a lot of fun—a mixture of genealogy, world history, and “The Da Vinci Code.”
From a creative standpoint, the book is full of grammatical errors such as “you’re” instead of “your” and “fowl play” instead of “foul play,” but the story moves pretty fast so you’ll skip right over most of them. One jarring thing is that the point of view changes on a dime, so you’ll abruptly find yourself in the head of a character on the other side of the parking lot.
If you like world history and conspiracy theories, you will love this book. It’s chocked full of them!
From a creative standpoint, the book is full of grammatical errors such as “you’re” instead of “your” and “fowl play” instead of “foul play,” but the story moves pretty fast so you’ll skip right over most of them. One jarring thing is that the point of view changes on a dime, so you’ll abruptly find yourself in the head of a character on the other side of the parking lot.
If you like world history and conspiracy theories, you will love this book. It’s chocked full of them!
January 3, 2016
I love every minute of this book! Harlan may seem like a man that would be hard to love but I found myself falling for him in the first chapter. He's the bad boy that needs a little fixing up and a lot of love.
As a fanatic of historical fiction, the addition was a nice surprise. I think some would not have been brave enough to go to the places Sterling took us. Bravo sir!
As a fanatic of historical fiction, the addition was a nice surprise. I think some would not have been brave enough to go to the places Sterling took us. Bravo sir!
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