Christopher Pike
Author of Human Urges, Fatal Consequences
About the Author
Christopher Pike is the pseudonym of Kevin Christopher McFadden, one of America's most popular young adult fiction writers. He was born in Brooklyn, New York, on November 12, 1954, but grew up in Los Angeles, California. He took on various jobs before writing Slumber Party, Weekend, and Chain show more Letter, all of which became bestsellers. His other works include The Last Vampire series; the Final Friends trilogy; The Lost Mind; Witch; Whisper of Death; Alosha; The Yanti; Bury Me Deep; and Fall into Darkness. He also writes the children's series Spooksville and adult novels including Sati; The Season of Passage; The Listeners; The Cold One; The Blind Mirror and Falling. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Works by Christopher Pike
The Last Vampire Series, 6 Volumes (The Last Vampire, Black Blood, Red Dice, Phantom, Evil Thirst, and Creatures of… (1996) 20 copies
Virtual Monopoly: Building an Intellectual Property Strategy for Creative Advantage--From Patents to Trademarks, From… (2001) 8 copies
Thrills, Chills, and Nightmares/Twisted/Weekend/the Lifeguard/Slumber Party/Boxed Set (1987) 5 copies
New Christopher Pike-4 Vol. Boxed Set: Last Vampire 2: Black Blood, Last Vampire 3: Red Dice, Remember Me 2: The… (1995) 5 copies
Le chevalier noir - Le monde des sorcières T2 (Le monde des sorcières - 13 ans ) (French Edition) (2016) 2 copies
Remember Me 2: The Return by Pike, Christopher(September 1, 1994) Mass Market Paperback — Author — 2 copies
Gimme a kiss 2 copies
La reine rouge - Le monde des sorcières T1 (Le monde des sorcières - 13 ans ) (French Edition) (2016) 2 copies
HIl Igrande gelo 1 copy
Cheerleaders Set (Trying Out | Getting Even | Rumors | Feuding | All the Way | Splitting) (2000) 1 copy
Spook city 1 copy
La venganza de la bruja 1 copy
La morte puo attendere 1 copy
The Christopher Pike Gift Set #3 {Road to Nowhere, The Eternal Enemy, Monster, Chain Letter 2} 1 copy
Christopher Pike Gift Set - 3 Volume Box Set - ('Gimme A Kiss', 'Last Act', & 'Remember… (1988) 1 copy
Extranos visitantes 1 copy
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- Canonical name
- Pike, Christopher
- Legal name
- McFadden, Kevin Christopher
- Birthdate
- 1954-11-12
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- New York City, New York, USA
- Places of residence
- Brooklyn, New York, USA
Los Angeles, California, USA
Santa Barbara, California, USA - Occupations
- factory worker
house painter
computer programmer
writer
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- Works
- 149
- Also by
- 2
- Members
- 25,958
- Popularity
- #801
- Rating
- 3.6
- Reviews
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- ISBNs
- 907
- Languages
- 7
- Favorited
- 66
- Touchstones
- 376
Joel is taken to an underground bunker to be studied, and Sita is trying to figure out how to rescue him. Once she gets in, she realizes that she has been betrayed by a person from her past, and it becomes a struggle of wills as to who will escape - and survive.
I enjoyed this a lot more than book #2, perhaps because it adds to the mythos surrounding Sita and her five thousand year life. Here, Sita recalls a time in medieval Italy when she met a young priest aspiring to recreate the blood of Jesus via alchemy. She fell in love with him (Arturo) and allowed him to experiment with her blood, until things went pear-shaped. She thought she'd disposed of Arturo via the Inquisition, but unfortunately she didn't. I liked the addition of the Catholic mythology to the Hindu-inspired spirituality of Sita, and the alchemy twist was pretty ingenious. It didn't hold up quite as well in present day, but it was an interesting path nonetheless. There is a deux es machina ending to allow Sita to escape, which is also more WTF than sensible, but hey! At least the explanation is somewhat plausible: it seems that final infusion of Yaksha's blood from the last book has given Sita a lot of new powers.
Arturo knows one of Sita's weak points: the loss of her child. In exchange for her blood, he offers her the chance to become a mother again, which is something she finds very tempting. At the end of this book, she tries again to transform herself into a mortal being. Was she successful? We'll find out in Book #4!
One final note: time is flying by at warp speed; apparently only two months have elapsed since the start of Book #1. Maybe it seems longer to me because we're reading only one book a year? IDK; I find as I get older, I've lost all sense of time passing.… (more)