مردی به نام نون: رمان

In one swift moment, a fall wiped away his memory. All he knew for certain was that someone wanted him dead—and that he had better learn why. But everywhere he turned there seemed to be more questions—or people too willing to hide the truth behind a smoke screen of lies. He had only the name he had been told was his own, his mysterious skill with a gun, and a link to a half million dollars’ worth of buried gold as evidence of his past life. Was the treasure his? Was he a thief? A killer? He didn’t have the answers, but he needed them soon. Because what he still didn’t know about himself, others did—and if he didn’t unlock the secret of his past, he wasn’t going to have much of a future. There was gold buried somewhere on the Davidge spread. No one knew exactly where but plenty of people were ready to die for it. Peg Cullane, cold as a Texas blizzard, didn't care what her hired guns had to do to get it. Greedy Judge Niland would double-deal to get his hands on it. But all Fan Davidge wanted was her ranch back. That's when Rubie Noon vowed she'd get it all. Reissue. The protagonist awakens from a sniper attack to find his memory gone. Fleeing to save his life, he finds conflicting evidence of who and what he was--or could be. Assisted by another outlaw, he takes on the name of Jonas and goes to an outlaw's hideout. The hideout is a once-legitimate ranch inherited by Fan Davidage. Jonas decides to help her out of her predicament. But it is not that simple. He discovers a hidden cabin of the hired killer, Ruble Noon, and the evidence points to Jonas. Further, he is haunted by the memory of being hired to kill four men and one woman. Does he return to his previous life, thereby saving Fan Davidage but losing her to the stigma of being a hired killer, or does he begin his life anew and risk being unable to save Fan? "Then make a decision to start over," she said. "No matter what you have been, you can always become something else." "Is it that simple? Is a man ruled by his own free will, or is he composite of all his experiences, his education and heredity? In one swift moment, a fall wiped away his memory. All he knew for certain was that someone wanted him dead--and that he had better learn why. But everywhere he turned there seemed to be more questions--or people too willing to hide the truth behind a smoke screen of lies. He had only the name he had been told was his own, his mysterious skill with a gun, and a link to a half million dollars' worth of buried gold as evidence of his past life. Was the treasure his? Was he a thief? A killer? He didn't have the answers, but he needed them soon. Because what he still didn't know about himself, others did--and if he didn't unlock the secret of his past, he wasn't going to have much of a future.From the Paperback edition. "In one swift moment a fall wiped away his memory. Now all he knew for certain was that someone wanted him dead--and that he had better learn why. But everywhere he turned there seemed to be more questions--or people too willing to hide the truth behind a smoke screen of lies. He had only the name he had been told was his own, his mysterious skill with a gun, and a link to a half million dollars' worth of buried gold as evidence of his past life. Was the treasure his? Was he a thief? A killer? He didn't have the answers, but he needed them soon. Because what he still didn't know about himself, others did--and if he didn't unlock the secret of his past, he wasn't going to have much of a future."--Back covern