Follower
by Stephen Gallagher
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A story of modern terror and suspense set against an authentic and spectacular background. The Follower-one of Scandinavia's most intriguing myths. It brings together geologist John Visco, chasing a survey job that may not exist, and Sara Hansun, a woman sticking to her side of a lovers' agreement in an affair gone cold. Their shared destination: the Arctic fishing village of Tromstad. But the roads are closed. And the snow is falling. And out in the darkness, the Follower waits; half-human, show more half-beast, a demon spirit rejected by its maker to live independently and in misery. The Follower's sole and driving purpose; to achieve a return to human form. To find a new host. "If thriller reading were a sin, Stephen Gallagher would be responsible for my ultimate damnation. His work is fast-paced, well-written, infused with a sense of dark wonder, and altogether fresh."-Dean R Koontz "Gallagher knows the secret of good supernatural horror. He keeps the gunk and gore to a bare minimum, and screws the emotional tension up tight from the first."-Colin Greenland, Imagine "The finest British writer of bestselling popular fiction since le Carr�."-John Williams, The Independent show lessTags
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Suffers from very slow pacing, e.g. the (anti) hero does not reach the town where the follower is lurking until page 157, halfway through.
There is also a split between the hero and another male character who forms a love triangle with the heroine. It is not clear for some time who is meant to be the hero because ofJohn's bizarre behaviour, carrying round a gun which made me think he was a hitman, and which it finally turns out he has never fired and treats as a kind of talisman . Both are basically losers and the only positive characters are the heroine and a young man who helps them despite the hostility of his community. There isn't much of a plot and rather a lot of uninteresting stuff about geological surveys and mines which don't show more actually add anything to the story. The situation that leads to John's mammoth journey to Trondheim is quite contrived, just to get him to the final section. show less
There is also a split between the hero and another male character who forms a love triangle with the heroine. It is not clear for some time who is meant to be the hero because of
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Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy (06/4440)
Common Knowledge
- Canonical title*
- Fenris
- Original title
- Follower
- Original publication date
- 1984
- Original language*
- Englisch
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Classifications
- Genres
- Fiction and Literature, Horror, Suspense & Thriller, Fantasy
- DDC/MDS
- 823.914 — Literature & rhetoric English & Old English literatures English fiction 1900- 1901-1999 1945-1999
- LCC
- PT2621 .I76 .A74 — Language and Literature German, Dutch and Scandinavian literatures German literature Individual authors or works 1860/70-1960
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- 37
- Popularity
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- Reviews
- 1
- Rating
- (1.33)
- Languages
- English, German
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 6
- ASINs
- 1
