Ilkka Remes
Petri Pykälä (born 13 December 1962), commonly known by his pseudonym Ilkka Remes, is a Finnish author of thrillers and young adult literature. Remes was born in Luumäki. He has stated he uses a pseudonym because he does not want to be considered only a thriller writer, and wants to be able to write other genres of books in the future.
Remes lives in Belgium with his wife and two children. He was awarded the Literature Award in 1997, the Clue of the Year Award from the Finnish Detective Novel Society in 1999 and the Olvi Foundation Literature Award in 1999.
The Finnish Minister for Foreign Affairs Erkki Tuomioja commented on Remes' book Ruttokellot on his homepage in January 2001. His review on the book was rather negative and he found it troubling that so many of the antagonists in Remes' books were of Russian origin.[1] (see Russophobia).
Remes has written 15 thrillers which have enjoyed significant domestic popularity. The names in parentheses are direct translations.
- (1997) ("Death's-head Moth")
- (1998) ("Ransom of Karelia")
- (1999) ("The Beast's Embrace")
- (2000) ("The Plague Bells")
- (2001) ("The Sacrificial Flight")
- (2002) ("Eastern Blood")
- (2003) ("The Perpetual Night")
- (2004) ("The Gate of Hiroshima")
- (2005) ("In the Name and Blood")
- 6/12 (2006) (referring to 6 December, the Independence Day of Finland)
- ("The Genes of Evil") (2007)
- ("Vortex") (2008)
- ("A Strike to the Core") (2009)
- ("Shockwave") (2010)
- ("Steel Lion") (2011)
- ("Resurrection") (2012)
- ("The Omerta Union") (2013)
- ("Inferno") (2014)
- ("Freezing Hell")(2015)
- ("Purgatory")(2016)
- ("The Cross of Freedom")(2017)
Of the above, Ruttokellot ("Blutglocke"), Ikiyö ("Ewige Nacht"), Hiroshiman portti ("Das Hiroshima-Tor"), Nimessä ja veressä ("Höllensturz"), 6/12 ("Die Geiseln") and Pahan perimä, ("Das Erbe des Bösen") have been translated into German.
Young adult literature[]
- (2003) ("Pirates", released as Operation Ocean Emerald)
- (2004) ("Operation Black Cobra")
- (2005) ("Executioner of Darkness")
- (2006) ("Cursed Code")
- (2007)
- (2008) ("Dracula's Steed")
- (2009) ("Operation Solaris")
- (2010) ("Risk Limit")
References[]
- ^ Tuomioja, Erkki (January 2001). "Ilkka Remes: Ruttokellot: Kökkö kotimainen jännäri" (in Finnish). Retrieved 24 November 2006.
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