Then Is the Power

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Summary: Then is the Power
Review: Chilling possibilities, heart-pounding suspense, and non-stop action!

Gerald W. Mills' Then is the Power delivers from first page to last.

In a blink the glittering lights of Las Vegas are dark. The city is burning, planes crash to the earth, cars won't run, all communications are out.

President Winfield and his staff have barely formed committees to investigate the tragedy that has cost over 1000 lives when he learns the cause. The Russian Ambassador comes to see him with a chilling tale of the discovery of PPK, PSI mind powers and an ultimatum. He has 24 days to annex the US under Russian control or 30 hidden agents will use these mental powers to reek devastation across the country.

Millions of lives and the future of the nation, now depend on the unrecognized research of an obscure psychologist. Dr. Gordon Whittier must locate a boy he saw control the wind to win sailboat race more than thirty years ago. He must find him, and he must teach him to harness that power, or all is lost.

THEN IS THE POWER doesn't miss a beat through the intricate and varied plot twists and stories weaved together into a thriller that will delight Koontz and King fans. Gerald W. Mills has created an amazing cast of characters that combine all the good, the bad, and the ugly that make up humanity. They leap with life, with gripping reality from page to page of bone-chilling thrills, moral and ethical dilemma, action packed suspense, and romance, in a battle of guns, wits, wills, and supernatural mind powers. THEN IS THE POWER is one of those pick-it-up-can't-put-it-down page-turners.




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Summary: High School English 101 Revisited
Review: I found this book incredibly superficial and awkwardly written. As if it was an unpolished High School essay. Extremly shallow character development with an oft borrowed premise,

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Summary: Then Is The Power: a Blockbuster
Review: Then Is The Power is a blockbuster.
Its premise: there are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of... and yet we do dream of such things -- the power of mind over the physical universe -- and even, upon occasion, we experience them on a minor scale.
A small boy with a pitiful homemade toy sailboat enters a competition on a sweltering, airless summer day in Boston. His competitors do not take him seriously until, astoundingly -- with his mind -- he summons enough wind to blow his boat across the pond while the others remain becalmed. In the Soviet Union, a dedicated female scientist discovers an idiot savant who can shatter red marbles (=silicone) at any distance -- with his mind. The discovery is slowly shaped into a weapon aimed at conquering the United States. The weapon is 'ripe' in 2005, and the Russians demonstrate their power by demolishing all transistors (=silicone) in Las Vegas and the surrounding area within a 100-mile radius. Utter devastation ensues. The U.S. president is given twenty days to capitulate. Only the psychologist who witnessed the small boy's control of the wind can help. But where is that boy, now a grown man? How to find him?
The twenty-day countdown guarantees heart-stopping suspense.
The titanic struggle between world powers entails rapid scene changes between Russia and the U.S. and among various locations in the Western hemisphere.
The description of the destruction of Las Vegas and environs due to the failure of all transistors is the most gripping I've read. Planes crash like stones. Elevators drop. Life-support machines fail. Fires break out. All is seen from the horrified victims' perspective, but described with devastating scientific precision.
Add to this: breakneck action, sleuthing, chases, spying, military and paramilitary attacks, science (psychology both normal and paranormal, chemistry, physics, engineering), history both real and imagined, political intrigue both international and internal U.S. (including deadly hostility between branches of American government: executive, intelligence, military).
Add sex, love, and tenderness: an off-beat love story between a female powerhouse who flouts all rules and the 'freak' -- the man who can control the wind.
And add to this a numerous, complex cast of characters, deftly described, some loathsome, some sympathetic. Each one is essential; each plays a decisive role.
The novel is written in impeccable style, with a command of the English language and of narrative techniques that manipulates and controls the reader's emotions.
Gerald W. Mills' book had this reader sitting on the edge of the chair from start to finish. Perhaps the only thing keeping the book off the best-seller list is also its virtue: its complexity. This is not a book for dummies. But since you're no dummy, you will surely READ AND ENJOY IT!

Rating:
Summary: Then Is The Power: a Blockbuster
Review: Then Is The Power is a blockbuster.
Its premise: there are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of... and yet we do dream of such things -- the power of mind over the physical universe -- and even, upon occasion, we experience them on a minor scale.
A small boy with a pitiful homemade toy sailboat enters a competition on a sweltering, airless summer day in Boston. His competitors do not take him seriously until, astoundingly -- with his mind -- he summons enough wind to blow his boat across the pond while the others remain becalmed. In the Soviet Union, a dedicated female scientist discovers an idiot savant who can shatter red marbles (=silicone) at any distance -- with his mind. The discovery is slowly shaped into a weapon aimed at conquering the United States. The weapon is 'ripe' in 2005, and the Russians demonstrate their power by demolishing all transistors (=silicone) in Las Vegas and the surrounding area within a 100-mile radius. Utter devastation ensues. The U.S. president is given twenty days to capitulate. Only the psychologist who witnessed the small boy's control of the wind can help. But where is that boy, now a grown man? How to find him?
The twenty-day countdown guarantees heart-stopping suspense.
The titanic struggle between world powers entails rapid scene changes between Russia and the U.S. and among various locations in the Western hemisphere.
The description of the destruction of Las Vegas and environs due to the failure of all transistors is the most gripping I've read. Planes crash like stones. Elevators drop. Life-support machines fail. Fires break out. All is seen from the horrified victims' perspective, but described with devastating scientific precision.
Add to this: breakneck action, sleuthing, chases, spying, military and paramilitary attacks, science (psychology both normal and paranormal, chemistry, physics, engineering), history both real and imagined, political intrigue both international and internal U.S. (including deadly hostility between branches of American government: executive, intelligence, military).
Add sex, love, and tenderness: an off-beat love story between a female powerhouse who flouts all rules and the 'freak' -- the man who can control the wind.
And add to this a numerous, complex cast of characters, deftly described, some loathsome, some sympathetic. Each one is essential; each plays a decisive role.
The novel is written in impeccable style, with a command of the English language and of narrative techniques that manipulates and controls the reader's emotions.
Gerald W. Mills' book had this reader sitting on the edge of the chair from start to finish. Perhaps the only thing keeping the book off the best-seller list is also its virtue: its complexity. This is not a book for dummies. But since you're no dummy, you will surely READ AND ENJOY IT!