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Author name: Whitley Strieber

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Type of bind: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN num: 9780765318961
ISBN number: 0765318962
Label: Tor Books
Manufacturer: Tor Books
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 320
Printing Date: September 18, 2007
Publishing house: Tor Books
Release Date: September 18, 2007
Sale Popularity Level: 40336
Studio: Tor Books



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December 21, 2012, may be one of the most watched dates in history. Every 26,000 years, Earth lines up with the exact center of our galaxy. At 11:11 on December 21, 2012, this event happens again, and the ancient Maya calculated that it would mark the end, not only of this age, but of human consciousness as we know it.
 
But what will actually happen? The end of the world? A new age for mankind? Nothing? The last time this happened, Cro-Magnon man suddenly began creating great art in the caves of southern France, which to this day remains one of the most inexplicable changes in human history.
 
Now Whitley Strieber explores 2012 in a towering work of fiction that will astound readers with its truly new insights and a riveting roller-coaster ride of a story. A mysterious alien presence unexpectedly bursts out of sacred sites all over the world and begins to rip human souls from their bodies, plunging the world into chaos it has never before known.
 
Courage meets cowardice, loyalty meets betrayal as an entire world struggles to survive this incredible end-all war. Heroes emerge, villains reveal themselves, and in the end something completely new and unexpected happens that at once lifts the fictional characters into a new life, and sounds a haunting real-world warning for the future.




Customer Reviews
User popularity level: out of 5 stars

Rated by buyers 5 out of 5 stars - Strieber is a jewel in the sci fi crown
This book was a great read as are all of Striebers works. I think this one is the best yet.


Rated by buyers 1 out of 5 stars - Tripe. A Liberal screed disguised as bad fiction.
Let me save you some time and money. Here it is, in a nutshell:

Evil Republicans and other Conservatives are soulless cannibal reptiles from another universe, executing on an abominable, 18,000-year plan to break through to here so they can steal our souls and drink from them like fine wine, thereby filling their empty lives with experiences of love and compassion that only a good Liberal can create.

Strieber goes so far as to name prominent Republicans and Conservatives as particularly nasty members of this reptile society. The worst of Strieber's reptiles is, of course, is Ann Coulter, who is revealed to be a secret collaborator with the good guys, who then smack themselves on the head and exclaim something like "of course, she's so bad she had to be acting! No one can be that evil!"

Strieber's not-very-subtle message is: quick, embrace Socialism and Environmentalism or have your soul eaten by snake-men from beyond.

After reading brilliance like "The Hunger," this is very disappointing. Looks like those aliens described in Communion sucked Strieber's wit, imagination and good sense right out through the probe.


Rated by buyers 5 out of 5 stars - A terrific si fi read--Stephen King with a soul!
Wherever your beliefs lie on the UFO/alien agenda scale, forget them and just enjoy this book. It has all the taut story telling of Stephen King about ordinary people in blood curdling horrific circumstances but none of his hopelessness. I enjoyed it much more than Strieber's other book, The Greys, which was good but lacked a center. I recommend to anyone who enjoys a good read and/or is interested in the UFO/phenomenon.


Rated by buyers 4 out of 5 stars - Cannibal, Cussing, Shape-Shifting Reptiles - a winner!
Yet another airport gift-shop purchase to while away a flight turned into a fun read. I won't re-hash the plot here, but it's more compelling and nuanced than some of the low star dis reviews give it credit.

Even though the baddies (and they're not all bad) are an evolved form of dinosaur from a parallel Earth ("seraphs" in their parlance, the legendary Biblical demons), this is NOT a "V" meets "Stargate" knock-off. The seraph are more to be pitied than hated, and there are some heroes among them as there are low-life among the humans being attacked. Indeed, the seraph are more human than snake in their mores and culture: they pollute their planet, they're dominated by a "Corporation" and have an uber class and under class of citizens, they make war, cuss each other out, slaughter one another for sport and eat the dead, write obscene graffiti on buildings, are obsessed with cars, fashion, sex, etc. - gee, sound familiar?). They can shape shift into human forms and as such have infiltrated both our world and an alternate "two-moon" Earth as politicians, captains of industry, religious leaders, soldiers, etc. On Abaddon, the seraph planet, the teenagers even wear "message" t-shirts ("New Sex Pistols").

Yes, Ann Coulter makes an appearance in this book. I won't spoil it for you, but suffice it to say, I found the inclusion both hilarious and most appropriate. Hee hee. You'll just have to buy the book and check it out.

The only downside of the book was fighting my urge to "see" the seraph initially as evil versions of the smooth-talking, upright walking GEICO gecko. Be forewarned.


Rated by buyers 3 out of 5 stars - It could have been a perfect thriller...
For time untold people have wondered what waits beyond death. Do we simply cease to exist? All our experiences, our knowledge, hopes dreams, regrets, do they vanish into nothingness?

Or do we move on to another plane of existence?

We believe, right or wrong, that because we are self aware, that we can think and interact with the world and others, that we have an immortal soul.

Just what exactly is the soul anyhow? No one really can answer that. You ask a hundred different people and you'll probably get a hundred different answers.

Personally, I believe that the soul is nothing more than our mental energy. Now before you start laughing or worse, think about this - our minds are made up of electrical impulses. These impulses control our bodies and they allow us to think.

Our brains are nothing more than hard-drives with biological coding that is built into us to keep our bodies functioning. The rest is essentially space for memory.

So, to me, the soul is the energy that runs our mind and body, the compilation of all our memories, thoughts and experiences.

And, as energy can never be destroyed, it simply changes form and becomes something else.

That being the case, yes, in my personal view our soul IS immortal, that it can never die, it just changes form.

Now, what does this metaphysical mumbo jumbo have to do with the review? Everything. After all just read the title of the book - 2012: The war for Souls.

Before I continue, here's my usual disclaimer. I will not reveal any spoilers about the novel other than what you can read on the back cover.

The novel is about the end of the Mayan Calendar, December 21st, 2012. The date that many believe is the end of the world.

Sure, it could have something to do with the end of an era, or, as in the novel, something that is downright apocalyptic in nature. Just go do a search on Amazon using 2012, and you'll bring up an easy dozen or more hits that discuss this matter.

The novel deals with the end of the world. But oddly enough, it involves alternate realities, invaders from parallel universes.

And, the very first half of the book is brilliant. It is terrifying and heart breaking all at once. It deals with loss, betrayal, and of course the end of the world.

And frankly I wish that the author would have kept with that pace through the entire novel. If he would have, the book would have earned an easy 5 out of 5 from me.

But, explanations are needed and things are eventually revealed... and it took away the whole sense of fear, hopelessness and urgency that I felt reading the very first half.

I can't go into any details what so ever as it would most definitely ruin things for anyone who wants to read the novel.

Don't get me wrong, the book was enjoyable - but having mysteries explained kind of ruined it for me.

Despite the fact that the mysteries needed to be explained. Talk about a quandary, eh?

The characters are well written and in some cases quite likeable. You really feel their pain and suffering, their fear at what's happening around them and the hopelessness of the unenviable situation they find themselves in.

Now, this won't spoil things, but it does touch on a lot of mythology from various religions and cultures across the planet. Let's face it, the book deals with the end of the Mayan calendar after all.

I will point out the fact that the closer I got to the end of the book, the more confused I got. It had to do with what was happening to two sets of characters, the `scribe' and his family and the survivors of the apocalypse.

The lines between reality and story in the actual novel became so blurred I had a hard time following what was happening.

Was it intentional? I have to say yes, it left me wondering if the scribe was in fact responsible for what was happening, not just recording it.

You'll understand if you choose to read the novel.

It could have been a perfect novel for me, but it wasn't. It was, for the most part, very well written and entertaining, although I would have preferred if Whitley Strieber would have used paragraph breaks to indicate the change of scene, and it would have been wonderful if he would have made more use of `he said, she said' so it would have made the interaction between characters a lot easier to follow.

Hey, it's a good read, pick it up, even if it's not worthy of a 5 out of 5.

3.5 out of 5.


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