A woman is raped and a child is born - they call him Baal. He is too much to handle and his mother puts him in an orphanage where he leads the children on a rampage of violence. This is the beginning of a life which unleashes unimaginable evil upon the world.
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Robert McCammon is the New York Times bestselling author of fifteen novels, including the award-winning Boy's Life and Speaks the Nightbird. There are more than four million copies of his books in print. His latest novel, MISTER SLAUGHTER, is the third book in the Matthew Corbett series. It is available now from Subterranean Press. Look for THE FIVE in Spring 2011!
Visit his websites: www.robertmccammon.com and www.matthewcorbettsworld.com
Visit his websites: www.robertmccammon.com and www.matthewcorbettsworld.com
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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Go Read Boy's Life!,
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This review is from: BAAL (Paperback)
Even Mccammon admits that Baal wasn't his best work. I have to agree, which hurts me because Mccammon wrote the incredible Boys Life (best book ever), and Swan Song (Go read these now!), but I didn't care for Baal much. Baal is the progeny of Satan via the rape of a poor woman, whose tale for the first 40 pages is engrossing and very entertaining as she beings to suspect that there is something wrong with her son...Then the tale moves to the next two phases of Baal's life - the orphanage, and as an adult as he amasses his fanatic zealots to aid his cause of chaos. And it is in these last 2 parts that the tale turns south.If you are a die-hard fan of Mccammon(as I am), you have to read it, but just don't expect it to come close to anything else he has written - but to be fair this was his first book, and the first 40 pages are certainly foreshadow of the writer he would become. Relic113
13 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
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Immature ramblings of an Angry Young Man,
By "neznama" (Atlanta, Ga United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: BAAL (Paperback)
This book was awful. The story boring and predictable, not to mention a bit confusing historically (Baal was banished by the Hebrews), the characters totally unbelievable. If you are looking for an intro to Bob McCammon, do yourself a favor and read Swan Song or Mine, two extraordinary novels of horrific proportions, edgy and energetic, frighteningly vivid.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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For anyone who believes in the unbelievable...,
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This review is from: BAAL (Paperback)
...this is the perfect novel. This novel will thrill you and keep you in suspense days after you've finished reading it.
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