It enters the water, and takes on the shape of The Swimmer...He recognises her voice, but she is hysterical. She has no one else to turn to. Her son has been killed, drowned, but the murderer has left no trace. Her distraught tears shake him to his core - he must help, if he can. She says that the child was a victim of a vengeful spirit. She says that the police believe she is insane. Jennie Oppenheimer was once a student in Jim Rook's Special Class II in '91. And she knows about his psychic powers, that he feels demons running through the streets, that he sees dead people, with their sad, bewildered faces reflecting in windows. So she is convinced that he will have an answer for her - and for her dead son, Mickey. But soon the angry, restless spirit of The Swimmer claims one victim after another - all friends or students of the gifted Jim Rook - and he realises that her hatred is directed at him. One person knows why she is seeking revenge, but only Rook has the strength to fight against the destructive forces of The Swimmer and the ally she has found in water...
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Graham Masterton is one of the world's bestselling horror writers. His work includes The Manitou, which was made into a film starring Tony Curtis and Susan Strasberg, Ritual and Walkers, both currently being filmed, and The Sleepless. He has won a Special Edgar from Mystery Writers of America, a Silver Medal from West Coast Review of Books, and with Family Portrait became the only non-French author to win the Prix Julia Verlanger.
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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Someone or something wants Jim Rook dead, and it won't rest until he and everyone he cares about have been destroyed.....
While the Rook series lacks the intensity and whiteknuckled terror of some of his other books, it is still never the less an excellent series. In The Swimmer, we once more enter the world of Jim Rook and his Motley Crew of students. This time they're up against a vengeful presence who may well be the strongest enemy Rook has had to face to date and whether or not he survives is by no means certain.
I think one of Graham Masterton's strengths is his ability to create stories that although seem improbable are somehow made real by his knowledge of the occult, myths and legends.
Buy this book, I'm sure you will enjoy it as I did, and if you're not familiar with this author try his other books aswell, in particular Prey, Black Angel and The Walkers, blood chilling stuff.
Format:Hardcover
I have just finished reading this book, its good, but i dont think it compares to others in the rook series, especially snowman. More of a chiller than of his usual horror style, but that can be said of all of the rook series, the swimmer is a malevolant water spirit hell bent for revenge on jim rook, his students and anyone close to him. Why you ask? Get it at a reasonable price and discover for yourself. I can recommend it, but only wholeheartedly to people who have read the rook series
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Why would anyone enroll in Jim Rook's class?
21 May 2012
By KinksRock
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Format:Hardcover
This past weekend, I read both Swimmer (Jim Rook Series) (Bk. 5) and Demon's Door (Jim Rook Series), and my impression of both is basically the same, so I'm combining them for one review.
These books are fine if you are in the mood for fast-paced, supernatural action. I'm reading another book right now by a certain very famous horror writer from Bangor, Maine, and, in the time that it takes that author to introduce you to all the main characters, Masterton has already gotten you through that, killed off a few people in gory ways, maybe even killed a cat and brought it back from the dead, and gotten you close to the climax of the book. Both styles have their merits, but my reading time was going to be heavily interrupted this weekend, and the Maine writer's style was not going to suit my circumstances. (What's his name again?)
In SWIMMER, special ed. teacher Jim Rook is up against a spirit who takes the physical form of water. I imagine she looks a lot like the bad terminator from "Terminator 2" when he's in the midst of taking form as something or someone -- all clear and glassy.
In DEMON'S DOOR, he's up against a Korean fox-woman spirit, and time has gotten confused, with days repeating themselves, and, at one point, Jim Rook getting to see himself as an old man.
In both books, these spirits are stalking and killing off Rook's friends and students. Exactly how many times does Rook say: "Call 9-1-1! Tell them to send paramedics!" Sorry, but after a while the word would get around: Don't enroll in Jim Rook's class!
Fun. Silly. Not too scary. Not boring at all. These books are fine if they are what you are in the mood for.
But I still think an American editor would be useful. At one point there was a recess at the college where Jim Rook teaches. Recess? I remember that term from elementary school, but are there colleges where there is something called recess?
These books are fine if you are in the mood for fast-paced, supernatural action. I'm reading another book right now by a certain very famous horror writer from Bangor, Maine, and, in the time that it takes that author to introduce you to all the main characters, Masterton has already gotten you through that, killed off a few people in gory ways, maybe even killed a cat and brought it back from the dead, and gotten you close to the climax of the book. Both styles have their merits, but my reading time was going to be heavily interrupted this weekend, and the Maine writer's style was not going to suit my circumstances. (What's his name again?)
In SWIMMER, special ed. teacher Jim Rook is up against a spirit who takes the physical form of water. I imagine she looks a lot like the bad terminator from "Terminator 2" when he's in the midst of taking form as something or someone -- all clear and glassy.
In DEMON'S DOOR, he's up against a Korean fox-woman spirit, and time has gotten confused, with days repeating themselves, and, at one point, Jim Rook getting to see himself as an old man.
In both books, these spirits are stalking and killing off Rook's friends and students. Exactly how many times does Rook say: "Call 9-1-1! Tell them to send paramedics!" Sorry, but after a while the word would get around: Don't enroll in Jim Rook's class!
Fun. Silly. Not too scary. Not boring at all. These books are fine if they are what you are in the mood for.
But I still think an American editor would be useful. At one point there was a recess at the college where Jim Rook teaches. Recess? I remember that term from elementary school, but are there colleges where there is something called recess?
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Awesome scary book. Another MASTERton.
21 Aug 2005
By A. Mattar
- Published on Amazon.com
Format:Hardcover
Being a avid Graham Masterton fan myself for many years, I was skeptical about his Rook series till I read tooth and claw. That got me glued to his other Rook books.
Getting frostbite in the middle of summer and having people baffled is just the beginning of this awesome book. Rook finds himself traveling miles away to solve a horrifying mystery that will keep you on the edge of your seats! Another great awesome book from the MASTER of horror.
Getting frostbite in the middle of summer and having people baffled is just the beginning of this awesome book. Rook finds himself traveling miles away to solve a horrifying mystery that will keep you on the edge of your seats! Another great awesome book from the MASTER of horror.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
hello kitty
9 Aug 2005
By buddy badger
- Published on Amazon.com
Format:Hardcover
woooga booga boooga....be scared, be very scared. This is not for the faint of heart.
If your one of those people that pick up a book, and can't put it down till it's finished, this is a book for you; otherwise you might just find your self deaming of the last relevent horror you read.
'swimmer' is a fasinating horror novel, much like graham masterton's other books.
and i highly recomend it.
If your one of those people that pick up a book, and can't put it down till it's finished, this is a book for you; otherwise you might just find your self deaming of the last relevent horror you read.
'swimmer' is a fasinating horror novel, much like graham masterton's other books.
and i highly recomend it.
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