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Original Title: | Sole Survivor |
ISBN: | 0553589490 (ISBN13: 9780553589498) |
Edition Language: | English |
Dean Koontz
Paperback | Pages: 403 pages Rating: 3.79 | 26207 Users | 719 Reviews

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Title | : | Sole Survivor |
Author | : | Dean Koontz |
Book Format | : | Paperback |
Book Edition | : | First Edition |
Pages | : | Pages: 403 pages |
Published | : | July 25th 2006 by Bantam Books (first published January 1st 1997) |
Categories | : | Horror. Fiction. Thriller. Mystery. Suspense. Mystery Thriller. Fantasy |
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A catastrophic, unexplainable plane crash leaves three hundred and thirty dead--no survivors. Among the victims are the wife and two daughters of Joe Carpenter, a Los Angeles Post crime reporter. A year after the crash, still gripped by an almost paralyzing grief, Joe encounters a woman named Rose, who claims to have survived the crash. She holds out the possibility of a secret that will bring Joe peace of mind. But before he can ask any questions, she slips away. Driven now by rage (have the authorities withheld information?) and a hope almost as unbearable as his grief (if there is one survivor, are there others?), Joe sets out to find the mysterious woman. His search immediately leads him into the path of a powerful and shadowy organization hell-bent on stopping Rose before she can reveal what she knows about the crash. Sole Survivor unfolds at a heart-stopping pace, as a desperate chase and a shattering emotional odyssey lead Joe to a truth that will force him to reassess everything he thought he knew about life and death--a truth that, given the chance, will rock the world and redefine the destiny of humanity.Rating Appertaining To Books Sole Survivor
Ratings: 3.79 From 26207 Users | 719 ReviewsJudgment Appertaining To Books Sole Survivor
A bit of Firestarter by Stephen King. A bit of Runner by Patrick Lee. A tragic plane accident turns into something so much more. Koontz takes you on a bizarre spiritual adventure questioning our mortality, destiny, and how far some might go to keep that knowledge/power for themselves and use it for evil.While this story is packed with action and conspiracy, it will most likely leave you asking a lot of "What if?" questions about life as well.
Perhaps it is just me, but this book ultimately seemed to be little more than the preaching and proselytising of a religious fundamentalist. At one stage in the book, a prominent biologist even goes to lengths to condemn evolution in the manner that only a creationist lunatic would. It was almost like reading the AIG website or a Jehovah Witness Watchtower pamphlet. I am currently reading another of his novels (The Taking) and find that this, too, is interjected with out-of-place statements and

I liked this book. It was scary in a way that only Koontz can be. I always enjoy trying to open my mind to understand the higher concepts that in our world usually dont exist. Or do they? Do people comeback from a fire and a massive aircraft crash? Joe who lost his whole family in one sure hopes so.
2.5 starsThis was my first Koontz book. Its probably not his best. Ill try to read some of his more popular books in the future.
This book started well enough as a mystery novel. The main character was reasonably developed as a grieving father who was trying to uncover a conspiracy. The story moved effectively into a science fiction style, with the cloning of children who had special powers. Unfortunately, these two themes were abandoned near the end, and the book concluded with magic and existential concepts. None of the initial issues (the mystery and the children with special powers) were completed. It was a
I certainly wasn't expecting this to turn into a preachy bs book.Oh well.
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