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Richard Sears First Born
Forge Books 2000 0812566661 / 9780812566666 Mass Market Paperback Very Good
0812566661 0812566661 From Publishers Weekly Crammed with sci-fi effects, this is an imaginative but rather sophomoric debut thriller by a Long Island ex-psychiatric counselor turned journalist interested in paranormal phenomena and alien abduction. As the story begins, power-grasping Neo Tech, a super-secret arm of the National Security Agency that utilizes ESP for international espionage, calls in its most sensitive "remote viewer," lovely young Casey Lee Armstrong, to examine a small, otherworldly artifact taken from the uterus of a young Mexican "virgin" in 1994, during the C-section delivery of her son. (Shortly after the birth, both mother and baby were killed in a fatal hit-and-run accident.) The results of Casey's psychic probe are a set of map coordinates that point to Colorado Springs and a middle-aged woman who had a UFO encounter in Mexico City during the solar eclipse of 1991. Now, nine years later, just past the stroke of midnight of the old millennium, the woman gives birth to a strange baby--extraterrestrial, devil or messiah, it's unclear--and an identical artifact is removed from her uterus. The Neo Tech bad guys erase Casey's memory of her seance and head to Colorado, scheming to kidnap the baby. However, the telepathic link between psychic Casey and the mystical new life force overpowers her artificial amnesia and she is drawn to the coordinates. Set up as a patsy for the murder of a priest, Casey tries desperately to enlist the aid of a cop who has been cured of fatal ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease) through contact with the baby. Fanciful plotting and fast action only partially compensate for Sears's corny premise and untutored prose, with its scattergun POV. (Jan.) Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition. From School Library Journal YA-An X-Files type of story with a messianic twist, this novel demands that readers suspend reality fairly early. Nevertheless, it will hold their attention. Molly and Thomas Reed lost their only child to a drowning accident. Unexpectedly, and almost miraculously, Molly becomes pregnant 15 years later. Meanwhile, Casey Armstrong is experiencing confusion, depression, and a feeling of amnesia. She functions as a sort of psychic spy for the military. Unknown to her, she has done a remote viewing for members of a global, top-secret group that actually runs the world and the memory has been blocked from her conscious awareness. Meanwhile the Reeds' baby is born. Within a few days, John begins to speak and seems to have an awareness and understanding of those around him that defy logic. Casey soon realizes that she must go to see this special baby. Before long the evil members of the group are trying to find John, ultimately to destroy him, fearing he is of alien origin. Those who have come in contact with him, though, sense something higher in him-possibly the Second Coming? A series of healings that John initiates, including that of a police officer investigating the murders that seem to be occurring around this unusual child, seems to confirm this belief. The nonstop action, suspense, and strange doings should keep most teens interested through to the demise of the bad guys and the safe retreat of the unusual baby. Carol DeAngelo, Kings Park Library, Burke, VA Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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Richard Sears Last Day
Tor Books 2003 0765342952 / 9780765342959 MM Very Good
0765342952 0765342952 From Publishers Weekly Daily life for an undercover narcotics agent is perilous at best, but add drug addiction to the mix and the narc's world can spin out of control, into a dangerous and violent realm too far from reality for a safe return. Jack Lamb, a Long Island narcotics division cop, is recruited by ambitious and unscrupulous Westchester County DA Jane Carroll for a special undercover op targeting local drug kingpin Ray Sasso, the "family"-connected leader of the Sons of Fire Motorcycle Club. A shaky start turns deadly when, to protect his cover, Jack (who is using the alias Charlie Wolf) starts taking the crystal methamphetamine that Sasso pushes. Addicted to the drug and moving too close to Ray, he grows paranoid, confusing the players and taking a bullet to the head during the blown bust operation. The bullet lodges in his brain and sparks psychic episodes that, combined with drug withdrawal, keep his life off balance. Sasso calls for revenge from his cell, and Jack's wife and young daughter are in real danger when the pushy DA gets him to sign a false report to set Ray up and keep him in prison illegally. Events escalate when a bomb meant for Sasso kills his wife and son by mistake; Jack's nightmare becomes his only reality as Ray reaches out for vengeance. Sears (First Born) writes some of the hardest-edged crime going and his characters are viscerally real. The psychic episodes that become pivotal to the plot resolution will mar the ending for some and render it perfect for others. Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition. From Booklist Jack Lamb is an undercover cop, not the methamphetamine dealer he pretends to be. He is addicted to meth, however, and his close friend, meth dealer Ray Sasso, is the man he's supposed to be investigating. When a bust goes sour, and Jack winds up with a bullet in his head, he begins to suffer from some self-induced psychotic torture. Only Sasso can take away Jack's pain, but Jack must decide if he is Ray's friend or his pursuer. This is a hard-edged, engrossing tale that moves fluidly from realism to surrealism and back again (several times). Some of the imagery is a little heavy-handed (Jack is a Lamb who poses as a wolf, that sort of thing), but a case can be made that the author's hand is deliberately heavy. The novel isn't nearly as otherworldly as Sears' previous, First Born (2000), and readers expecting another X-Files-like story line may be disappointed. Those looking for something a little different, on the other hand, should be well pleased. David Pitt Copyright ?
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