[bksvol-discuss] submitted Griffin's Story
- From: "Robert Riddle" <captinlogic@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2007 08:19:10 -0700
Submited Steven Gould - Jumper: Griffin's Story this morning. Synopsis below.
There is some Spanish and French in the text, which I left alone, not speaking
those languages with any degree of accuracy.
Fleshing out backstory for the upcoming motion picture Jumper
(based on Gould's 1992 debut novel of the same name), this breakneck-paced SF
adventure
revolves around a character created specifically for the film. Griffin O'Conner,
a precocious nine-year-old jumper (a person with the power to self-teleport),
becomes
the target of a ruthless cabal hell-bent on killing him. After assassins murder
his
parents in their San Diego home, Griffin barely escapes with his life by jumping
to a location hundreds of miles away. But every time Griffin relocates, the
mysterious
operatives somehow track him down and kill those close to him. As the once naïve
Griffin grows older, he learns to use his abilities in ingenious ways and
ultimately
embarks on a quest to avenge the deaths of his parents and others who died just
because
they befriended him. While series fans will almost literally be jumping for joy,
newcomers may not fully appreciate the saga's thematic scope and history without
first reading
Jumper and its sequel, Reflex (2004).
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