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Picture this: you're driving through the desert and a large policeman pulls you over. The next thing you know you're in the back of his car being arrested. Half way to town you realize he's insane, and most likely dangerous, and your heart fills with terror. This is the opening scene in a horrifying book that will leave you both disturbed and unsettled. The narrator takes us through a tale our worst nightmares couldn't compete with, and shows us the strength of faith encompassed in a young boy who must lead the fight against it. Like King's The Stand and Tommyknockers, this novel will stay with you for a long time.

Reviewed by Diana S., Main Library

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Terrifying but "unputdownable"! For a while after reading the book, I couldn't look at a patrol car without remembering the novel, and almost imagined the word "Desperation" printed on the side of the car.
-Rose, Charlotte, NC

This book is crazy-twisted-cool! I loved every word and have yet to find another book that gave me the creeps like this one! Beware! This is the kind of book that you'll fling across the room in shock and then (upon catching your breath) scramble across the floor to find out what happens next!!!!!!
-Priscilla, Charlotte, NC

I think this book is great. I would definitely buy it. That's why i love sci- fi because it always leaves you wondering.
-nathaly, n.y

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Koontz brings back the popular Chris Snow, the enigmatic and diseased light-restricted young man who singlehandedly takes it upon himself to search for the kidnapper of a young boy. After all, someone, or something, is stealing the young children. What is worse is that birds are starting to smash into buildings in a kamikaze craze and monkeys are stampeding while using unusually high critical thinking skills. Yet when Chris discovers that people are morphing into something less than human, the plot turns sinister. With a genetic experiment gone awry, a time machine that envelops anything near it, and a human monster with an angry vendetta, Koontz takes us all the way again - right into a pulse-throbbing, roller coaster rider into horror and mayhem.

Reviewed by Rosanne L., Matthews Branch

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There's a reason for your frequent experiences of deja vu: you have been there before - doing the same things, suffering the same consequences. It all started in 2001 when the Universe, longing momentarily to revisit the Big Bang, reversed itself back to 1991. There, upon reconsideration, it reversed itself again. Down-and-out failed science-fiction writer Kilgore Trout, a frequent character in Vonnegut's work, and the author himself are there for the Great Rerun, as well as for that horrific moment when the Universe catches up with itself, and - very abruptly - free will kicks in.

Reviewed by Jim B., Main Library

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The latest adventures of the 3,000 year old vampire, Count Saint Germain, takes place in France during the Great Dying. As the Plague spreads from port cities in the south throughout Europe, Saint Germain must stay one step ahead of the authorities who blame the foreigner for all of their misfortunes. How can he find the love and acceptance he needs in these deadly times? Will saving lives end his? Yarbro's research into these deadly times is superb as always, and her stories bring those long ago times to light.

Reviewed by Gina D., Myers Park Branch

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It began with Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein, horrifying and intriguing readers with its questions of life and death and life anew. But what if the story was not over? What if Victor Frankenstein, as well as his infamous creation, were still alive today? Acclaimed author Dean Koontz puts a new spin on this classic story by placing the characters, as well as an army of new monstrosities, in the modern world. It is there that the old ideals of a mad scientist clash with a new generation of humanity, and neither side will remain unscathed. Complete with stunning, although often gruesome, descriptions and a wonderfully twisted storyline, Prodigal Son is a terrific novel to read for anyone interested in the consequences of science and power.

Reviewed by Ralph W., Scaleybark Branch

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