The Eternal Enemy

by Christopher Pike

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Rela buys a VCR and discovers that it only records tommorrow's news. It is fun at first to see what will happen in the future--until she sees herself on the news and learns there is no future for her--unless she can change her destiny.

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"There were plenty of reasons why I should have worried about him. And I was one of them"

Christopher Pike- The Eternal Enemy.

This is my favorite Pike book and I'd really say it isn't like anything I've read before. This is one I think people of any age could enjoy.

Imagine if you had just purchased a VCR. OK, VCRS do not really exist much these days, but this book was written awhile ago. So imagine you bought one and you find you have the ability, through the VCR to see tomorrow's news. To know everything that is going to happen before it happens. Pretty cool stuff right?

Until, perhaps, you turn on the next days news and find you are on it. And the "news" about why isn't good.

This was an amazing and extremely fun mystery that I raced show more through. Few Pike books are as deep as this one. A couple of other reviewers have mentioned "this is an adult book, hiding in a young adult novel" and I agree.

If you are on the fence about Pike I really recommend starting with this one because it is just so darned good. I got through it in a day. The premise is great and Pike carries the whole book off really well. This is among the best of Pike.
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This book is a twisted mystery that keeps you wanting more. It is a page turning joy. The Eternal Enemy brings excitement to the pages and makes you want to turn, turn, turn the page. The time traveling mystery is what intreges the common mind. What would truely happen if we could time travel? Would somebody really step up and take responsibilty and try to trick death if they were to truely know the future? Is fate real? All these questions and where are the answers? The answers are in the book.
MY VCR RECORDS THE FUTURE
YOUR ARGUMENT IS INVALID
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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 Letter, all of which became bestsellers. His other show more 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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Canonical title
The Eternal Enemy
Original publication date
1993
People/Characters
Rela Lindquist; Grandfather; Sara; Christopher Perry; Reverend Spencer Lindquist; Ed Farmer (show all 10); Stacy; Bob; Jene Roe; Paul Dorado
First words
I was just a normal teenage girl.

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Fiction and Literature, Teen, Horror, Young Adult
DDC/MDS
813.54Literature & rhetoricAmerican literature in EnglishAmerican fiction in English1900-19991945-1999
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PZ7 .P626Language and LiteratureFiction and juvenile belles lettresFiction and juvenile belles lettresJuvenile belles lettres
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Reviews
3
Rating
½ (3.25)
Languages
Czech, English, German
Media
Paper
ISBNs
10
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3