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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Very good tale of a man's pursuit of the apparent survivor of an airliner crash that killed his family. Joe Carpenter is an angry, lost man since his wife and two daughters died in a horrific plane crash. Then he runs into Rose, and all heck breaks loose. Suddenly, he's being stalked by a group of genetic scientists who have been busy creating genetically enhanced kids. Yes, it's an old horror story, but this one has a twist. One small child can bring hope to the world through a touch of her hand. Sound crazy? It is. I don't think this book is one of Mr. Koontz's best works. The characters were unlikeable, and the story never drew me in. Large chunks of descriptive narrative were meaningless to the storyline. A well plotted supernatural thriller, this book is going to mean different things to different people primarily depending on their religious beliefs. At first, I was a little irritated by its message, which I saw as potentially flawed. Without giving away the revelation, it’s hard to explain why, except to say there’s no way to know the truth behind what someone shows people. I think the main character of Joe Carpenter explores a husband's and father’s grief well, but the book feels overlong. There’s an almost comfortable ride, even through moments of tension and a lot left toward the end to be revealed. Not as boring as an info dump, still it’s a lot to take in. It’s like 90% of the book builds question after question and then the remaining chunk provides the answer and it left me feeling a little bombarded as I finished the novel. Having said that, I’d have to take time to consider how anyone would present this story in another format and it’s an imaginative plot. We know Koontz for incorporating his religious beliefs and there’s a high percentage of that here, but, as I’ve said, everything here is open to interpretation. It’s gripping enough to be well worth reading once, though this was a re-read for me after many years. One of my favorite Dean Koontz books. Koontz is not just a horror writer, many of his books leave you with lots to ponder and even hope which is so needed in our current world. FROM AMAZON: The plane crashed without warning. Three hundred and thirty people died. No explanation. No survivors. Now one man who lost everything that night is about to discover the answers he needs to go on with his life - or the conviction to finally end it. Crime reporter Joe Carpenter lost his wife and two daughters in the crash of Flight 353. Aching from his loss, Joe is unable to work, think, or do anything but grieve, and wait for his own death. Then Joe meets Rose, a woman who claims to be the crash’s sole survivor. But before Joe can probe further, the elusive Rose slips away and Joe is left with haunting, terrifying questions: If Rose lived through the crash, is it possible his family could have survived it, too? Did the authorities conspire to hide what really happened that night? Joe’s search for the truth will shatter him like nothing has before - and force him to question everything he thinks he knows about life and death. no reviews | add a review
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HTML:A catastrophic, unexplainable plane crash leaves three hundred and thirty dead â?? no survivors. Among the victims are the wife and two daughters of Joe Carpenter, a Los Angeles Post crime reporter. A year after the crash, still gripped by an almost paralyzing grief, Joe encounters a woman named Rose, who claims to have survived the crash. She holds out the possibility of a secret that will bring Joe peace of mind. But before he can ask any questions, she slips away. Driven now by rage (have the authorities withheld information?) and a hope almost as unbearable as his grief (if there is one survivor, are there others?), Joe sets out to find the mysterious woman. His search immediately leads him into the path of a powerful and shadowy organization hell-bent on stopping Rose before she can reveal what she knows about the crash. Sole Survivor unfolds at a heart-stopping pace, as a desperate chase and a shattering emotional odyssey lead Joe to a truth that will force him to reassess everything he thought he knew about life and death â?? a truth that, given the chance, will rock the world and redefine the destiny of humanity. From the Trade Paperback edition No library descriptions found. |
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