- Mass Market Paperback: 367 pages
- Publisher: Jove Publications; Reissue edition (31 Dec 1986)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0515087335
- ISBN-13: 978-0515087338
- Product Dimensions: 15.7 x 10.4 x 2.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,397,661 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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After twelve years of practicing medicine, Dr. Alan Bulmer develops a supernatural ability to heal, but the miraculous power carries a potentially lethal price.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
This book was well written and keeps the reader entranced with it's characters and fast pace. The hero has the ability to really cure people by touching them - but the downside is that his own lifeforce is equivalently reduced. The love angle is charming and moving and the outcome - albeit a little predictable - I found exhiliarating. One for all ages - this book cannot fail to charm it's readers - and the beauty of it is that - their is a tie in with F. Pauls other novels starting with 'The Keep'.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio Cassette
Without doubt, there are writers in any genre that become celebrities, while others who are as good (but haven't had the commercial machine of a large pub house driving sales) as their famous peers tick along in the background, only ever emerging to see the 'real' genre fans and taste limited success. Writers such as King and Koontz are two such machines from the world of darkness that overshadow absolutly amazing genre contributers such as Mr. Wilson. His first book, The Keep, was a bestseller, and he has enjoyed limited success with his novels since. The Touch casts a family GP doctor as main protagonist, who's dedication to the practice of hands-on on medicine, that personal touch that makes the difference between good and bad care, whose life is turned upside down when he is possessed by a power that gives him almost divine healing powers. The balance of plot and character is drawn well in this story, unlike some of Wilson's earlier work which were more plot that you can shake a stick at, and the emotional responses of Alan (the doc.) are realistic and well considered, leaving the reader feeling much empathy with his problems. The Touch works to chill you, enlighten you, shock you, make you smile, make you snigger and most of all, leave you contented you've read a great story. Five stars without doubt, and keep reading F. Paul Wilson.
Format:Paperback
The Touch is the third book in what forms the Adversary Cycle, and is not related to either of the previous two books. Those two books, The Keep & The Tomb are both unrelated aswell. However, the author assures that all events will tie up in the conclusion Nightworld, to be released in 2012 as a heavily revised edition (previously released back in '92 or '93 I think). All the Repairman Jack books tie into the conclusion aswell, and overall pretty much all of F. Paul Wilson's novels form what he calls the Secret History of the World. Anyway, The Touch can be read independantly as just an excellent stand-alone supernatural/medical thriller if you so choose. It's a great story about a doctor who still stands by the basic principles that his money grabbing peers have long-forgotten, and simply wants to heal people of their pain. When chance offers him a miraculous way of carrying out feats of healing on a massive scale, he cannot wait to offer it to the world and cure some of the worst illnesses and disabilities that can be inflicted on people. But, it comes at a terrible price. That you will have to discover by reading the book...
Also contains the original short story Dat-tay-vao, which explains the origins of the miraculous power to heal. Both have been out of print for many years, so now is a good chance to see what all the fuss about this author has been about. A great storyteller, F. Paul Wilson is in my opinion one of the best in the genre, and up there with Joe R Lansdale & Dan Simmons. Brilliant.
Also contains the original short story Dat-tay-vao, which explains the origins of the miraculous power to heal. Both have been out of print for many years, so now is a good chance to see what all the fuss about this author has been about. A great storyteller, F. Paul Wilson is in my opinion one of the best in the genre, and up there with Joe R Lansdale & Dan Simmons. Brilliant.
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