- Mass Market Paperback: 256 pages
- Publisher: HarperCollins (6 Oct 1997)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0061058025
- ISBN-13: 978-0061058028
- Product Dimensions: 17.8 x 10.2 x 2 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 5,448,969 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The second novelization of the phenomenally popular Fox television series, MILLENNIUM.
Besides topping the Nielsen's each Friday night, Chris Carter's Millennium is quickly growing a loyal following and a remarkable presence on the Web. HarperPrism will be publishing the only official tie-in novelizations-the perfect companions for some of the most popular episodes.
"Millennium premiered with the highest debut Nielsen rating for any show in Fox history. Twenty-one percent of the TV sets that were on in America were tuned to Millennium's first episode." -- TV Guide
From the Back Cover
THE FIRES OF GEHENNA
A storm of dark violence is gathering over modern America, and only a few visionaries know it. Frank Black, formerly of the FBI, is one of them – a law enforcement professional now working with the mysterious Millennium Group to fight the madness of the coming apocalypse.
Black quit the Bureau to keep his family safe. But when charred body parts turn up in a San Francisco garden, he must risk their lives to redeem his own, as he follows a hideous trail of human remains that leads to a chemical factory gearing up for an urban Armageddon.
Based on the apocalyptic new television show, these premier 'Millennium' novelisations capture all of the dark thrills and intellectual terror of the original scripts by 'The X Files' creator, Chris Carter.
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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4 of 6 people found the following review helpful
A Millennium mystery ...for fans only!
26 Jan 2002
Format:Mass Market Paperback
The Television tie-in holds an unusual place on fiction bookshelves. It could easily be dismissed as commercial fodder designed to cash in on the success of a popular show (which it probably is) but it obviously fills a literary need. Fans, already familiar with a show's concept and characters, often wish to experience more adventures when the show isn't on. In the 1960s there were novels based on "The Invaders," "Get Smart," and "Gunsmoke." In the 70s, "Starsky and Hutch," "Kojak," and "The Six Million Dollar Man" ventured onto the printed page. In recent years, "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "The X-Files" have spawned a series of paperbacks. Sometimes these novelisations create different stories from those on television and sometimes, as is the case with this book, the story is a based on an actual episode.
"Millennium" was produced by the creator of "The X-Files" and ran for several seasons on TV before being cancelled a few years ago. The central character, Frank Black was a sort of a psychic profiler. A man who could get inside the mind of the killer he was pursuing. He's was a consultant to The Millennium Group, a secretive organization that investigated bizarre crimes. As the TV series progressed, it unfolded that the Millennium Group were trying to stop (or perhaps start) an apocalypse scheduled for the start of the new millennium. Some brilliant and oddball episodes followed and the supernatural element of the show increased. As with The X-Files, conspiracy theories abounded and Frank Black wasn't sure who to trust. But in the early days of the series, before his world became complicated, Black worked happily with the group and would investigate a different grisly murder each week.
"Gehenna" sees him trying to solve the mystery of a man's ear found in a flower bed.
What does one expect from the adaptation of a television episode? A fan of the show with expert knowledge of each episode would perhaps expect a faithful retelling of that story. On that criteria, "Gehenna" delivers. Readers who saw most episodes (such as myself) would probably expect something similar but be less concerned if it differed from the actual episode. They will find it an entertaining read. Readers who are unfamiliar with the show would probably expect the author to cater for their ignorance and fill in all the gaps for them. They will probably be baffled.
The problem with this book is that it really does expect you to have some familiarity with the series. The TV episodes contained running themes, loose ends and strange tangents which developed as the series progressed. Unfortunately, these are also in the book. Who is committing the murders and why? Is the killer a demon or a man? What is the cult all about? Who is stalking Frank Black? None of these questions are satisfactorily resolved and the story just finishes like one of the TV episodes. Millenium fans may be satisfied with this but others beware.
"Evil is born in a cold heart and a weak mind."
28 April 2005
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Or is it? That is the question at the heart of this novelization of the second episode of Chris Carter's sophomore slump TV series, Millennium. Human ashes are found in a park in San Francisco. Frank Black and the Millennium Group are called in to consult (i.e. do all the leg work and get none of the glory) on a case obviously inspired by the Aum Shinrikyo cult's sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway in March of 1995. Frank Black quickly comes to sense that a genuine Old Scratch evil with a capital E is the guiding force, not a human one. Gehenna is clearly meant to be what Carter fans would call a 'mythology' episode - meaning a seemingly self-contained story that also uncovers hints and mysteries about the larger conspiracies that drive the show. What Gehenna reveals is that the mysteries would be edging into spiritual and paranormal areas as well as the more pedestrian Killer of the Week format. Of the two novelizations published (Millennium 3: Weeds by Victor Koman was never released) Gehenna is the best. The writing is tight and the source material is better developed than the sketchy ideas sprinkled throughout The Frenchman. Nonetheless, it remains mostly tease and only devout fans of either Chris Carter or the show (which I am) will want to read the book.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Excellent
27 May 2004
Format:Mass Market Paperback
I finally found this book, and after reading it quickly, I remember how much I miss the TV show!!
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