The Wave

by Walter Mosley

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Fiction. Science Fiction. The New York Times bestselling author returns to science fiction with an eerie, transcendent novel of the near future. Errol's father has been dead for several years. Yet lately Errol has been awakened in the middle of the night by a caller claiming to be his father. Is it a prank, or a message from the grave? When he hears the unmistakable sound of a handset being put down on a table, he decides to investigate. Curious and not a little unnerved, Errol sneaks into the graveyard where his father is buried. What he finds there changes his life forever. Caught up in a war between a secret government security agency and an alien presence infecting our world, touched by the Wave, he knows that nothing will ever be the same again.… (more)

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At first, I thought I was reading a Dean Koontz book, but by the end, I knew this was no Koontz book--it had with way too much happiness. Walter Mosley's The Wave kept glued to it so that I finished it in one day. The book has lulls, but they are short. After you've read it, there are things to ponder over. This is not a book I will forget. (

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nab6215 | Jan 18, 2022 |

Walter Mosley surprised me with his creativity in science fiction. This is a quiet science fiction book, but still laced with Mosley's standard observations on racism and class, a hero who gets his share of sexual escapades and physical abuse, and a satisfying ending. Mosley fans will smile at his weaving current politics into a classic science fiction theme. (

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brickhorse | Nov 14, 2011 |

Avoid. Not bad, but just... boring. A grandiose concept presented in a lukewarm manner. You have better things to do with your time. (

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hobreads | Jan 4, 2011 |

The book is a brilliant riff on one of the staple plot conceptions of science fiction -- colonization of human beings by an alien "hive" mentality. Mosley's brilliant twist on this familiar idea is to situate this novel firmly in the paranoia and xenophobia of post-9/11 America. Unlike the countless variants on the alien "body snatcher" theme, the hive mind that emerges in this novel is truly human and heroic, especially in contrast to the government intelligence agents who are willing to trample liberty and human rights to "defend" individuality from the alien collective Other. This is a fine n example of a genre that should be called post-9/11 literature. (

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JFBallenger | Sep 21, 2008 |

The story begins when Errol, who is having problems with his career as well as his relationships, is contacted by his father who passed away several years earlier. At first, Errol refuses to believe this person is really his father, but later begins to believe he is. something out there greater than mankind. Taken against his will, Errol is shown a secret world of alien beings taking over the bodies of deceased people. Naturally, the US Government wants to exterminate the entire alien population, but Errol isn’t so certain the newly discovered life is the enemy. (

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Florissa | Sep 19, 2008 |

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2005-12-27

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Errol Porter

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Los Angeles, California, USA

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This book is dedicated to Michael Moorcock, the Eternal Champion

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...naked, naked... I don't have any clothes... so so cold...

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Fiction. Science Fiction. The New York Times bestselling author returns to science fiction with an eerie, transcendent novel of the near future. Errol's father has been dead for several years. Yet lately Errol has been awakened in the middle of the night by a caller claiming to be his father. Is it a prank, or a message from the grave? When he hears the unmistakable sound of a handset being put down on a table, he decides to investigate. Curious and not a little unnerved, Errol sneaks into the graveyard where his father is buried. What he finds there changes his life forever. Caught up in a war between a secret government security agency and an alien presence infecting our world, touched by the Wave, he knows that nothing will ever be the same again.

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