FIRE

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Summary: Stephen King - eat your heart out!!
Review: A great book, I've read it four times since I bought it in 1992. A chilling horror book with an equally chilling message. A must-have for fans of "The Stand" and other apocalyptic-type novels

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Summary: Horrific-Fantasy at its finest...
Review: A sprawling, apocalyptic novel about three groups of people converging to help save the world from a madman. Nuclear explosions, worldwide panic, and a scientist whose found a cure for...DEATH? It sounds a little hokey but Rodgers does an excellent job telling a smart story while using a down to earth voice throughout.

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Summary: A hard to find horror classic!
Review: Alan Rodgers masterpiece! Rivals that of Steven King's "The Stand" and Robert McCammon's "Swan Song". Run, don't walk, to your nearest used book store and search for this gem. You won't be sorry!

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Summary: It had potential, but poor editing hurts this book
Review: I love apocalyptic novels. The fact that I have already read the two best apocalyptic novels, "The Stand" and "Swan Song" does not affect my judgement when I say this book is not good. I'll admit, I didn't finish it, I only got half way through it, but I tried. It had a great deal going for it, the Beast of revelations in the flesh, the dead rising, these are things that would make a great book in my opinion, so what went wrong? well, first off, there are good portions that are just boring. One character, Luke sits in a McDonalds drinking a coke for pages while a kid explains to him common everday things we already know. Boring. Why the author chose to describe to us how to use an ATM machine, or how coke feels in your throat, I do not know. Plus, he has a tendency to tell you a character is going to die before he does. Why? It is the most irritating device I have ever read. At least you can forgive it in "Swan Song" because it is a well written book, but Fire is not. In one Chapter the kid takes Luke's credit card and withdraws cash from an ATM after figuring out Luke's PIN, and then the next chapter mentions that Luke can't stay in a hotel because he has no credit card. Plus the author mistakenly refers to Luke as another character (trust me, I did not misread it). Regardless of how much I wanted to enjoy this book, the lack of attention by the author and the editor was too irritating and the boring sections too long. The comparisons to "The Stand" and "Swan Song" are far off the mark. The two can hardly be compared to each other.BTW, if for some reason you don't believe me, DO NOT PAY $20 for this book. That price is ridiculous, I paid four dollars for it. If you want to buy it, e-mail me and I'll sell it to you for $3 which includes shipping cost.