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2012: The War for Souls
2012: The War for Souls

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Author: Whitley Strieber
Publisher: Tor Books
Category: Book

List Price: $24.95
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Avg. Customer Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars 91 reviews
Sales Rank: 260383

Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1st
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 320
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 9.4 x 6.1 x 1.2

ISBN: 0765318962
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780765318961

Publication Date: September 18, 2007
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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.



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3 out of 5 stars More like 3 1/2 stars....   December 24, 2008
December 21, 2012 is approaching and the fate of the entire world is at stake....

Archaeologist Martin Winters is thrilled with the chance to use a new method to date the age of the Pyramid of Khufu. But things go awry as the pyramid collapses and large objects, shaped like lenses, begin appearing all over the world. The aliens are coming....

Meanwhile, in an alternate world, Wylie (or Wiley, as it is spelled both ways throughout the book) Dale is working on his next book. But is it fictional or a history of another world, closely connected to his own? And what will happen when these two worlds collide as the December 12, 2012 date nears?

2012: THE WAR FOR SOULS is almost like two books in one. The first half of the story is a fast paced thriller in which the reader can't stop turning the pages. The plot switches between Wylie and Martin's two worlds as the tension builds. The character development is superb as it's hard not to get drawn into the storyline. The world is skidding out of control and Martin and Wylie are struggling to cope in their rapidly changing worlds. I would suspect Whitley Strieber drew upon some of his personal experiences in creating these two characters as the emotional content is quite high.

However, the second half of the book takes a turn for the bizarre. Metaphysical thoughts and ideology overtake the thriller and the storyline gets a bit confusing. The underlying meaning of the second half is a thought provoking one but it strikes a discordant note in the context of the earlier part of the book. Perhaps a little more explanation on the various worlds and characters would have helped make the story flow more smoothly. As it is, a strong start ends with a weak and perplexing conclusion.

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1 out of 5 stars Just....bad   December 9, 2008
 1 out of 1 found this review helpful

Short review - if you like intelligent plotting, well-defined characters and clear writing, this book is not for you. Less a novel and more a hodgepodge of various new age plot elements - think "Battlefield Earth" level of coherence. If you have a background in hard science fiction, then certainly this book will disappoint.




2 out of 5 stars Good start......horrible end   November 13, 2008
 2 out of 2 found this review helpful

This book started off well. The action flew and the characters were interesting. Then it started to become tedious and fall apart. I think somewhere along the line the author forgot he was telling a story and started believing he was living this and reporting it. Anyways the last 1/3 of the book was painful to read and the plot just fell apart:(


1 out of 5 stars He lost his spark   November 13, 2008
 1 out of 1 found this review helpful

He used to be exciting. Now he is excited!
This book is silly and stupid.
No further comment is needed.



2 out of 5 stars Goofy   November 3, 2008
 2 out of 2 found this review helpful

I've enjoyed most of Strieber's other works but this one wasn't very good. It was poorly written in a very slapdash manner; it seems like his writing abilities are slipping with every new book.
I thought this one was going to be as interesting as Greys, but wasn't, and didn't even follow the Greys storyline. He's totally flipped out about what the "aliens" are or aren't, why they're here if they are, etc.

Toward the end it was fairly interesting about Abaddon and how it has influenced world Judeo-Christian mythology, but I wouldn't recommend this book to anyone. If I want to read really badly written "alternate-reality universes" stuff, I'd read Harry Turtledove.



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