The Lyssa Syndrome [Paperback]

Christopher Fahy (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 10, 2000

"I read it in one big gulp, and I think it is extraordinary. . . one of those novels you simply can't put down. . . really something special. Combining a vivid sense of place with a gruesomely plausible scenario, The Lyssa Syndrome is, quite simply, a cut or a bite above."Stephen King

Editorial Reviews

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"A suspense triumph, a high-speed horror bullet that simply riveted me." -- Stephen King

About the Author

Christopher Fahy is the author of the novels Eternal Bliss, The Lyssa Syndrome and The Fly Must Die, as well as the story collections Greengroundtown and Limerock: Maine Stories. He lives on the coast of Maine.

Product Details

• Paperback: 356 pages
• Publisher: iUniverse (October 10, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0595006914
• ISBN-13: 978-0595006915
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,750,691 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Christopher Fahy is the author of collections of short stories and poetry, and
eight novels. He won the 1987 Maine Arts Commission Fiction
Competition, judged by Mary McCarthy, with his chapbook of stories, One
Day in the Short Life of Anna Banana. In 1999 he won a Grand Prize in the
International Poetry Competition sponsored by Atlanta Review. Also in
1999 he published Limerock: Maine Stories. Fever 42, a novel, was
published in 2002, and the novel Breaking Point in 2004. Fahy lives with his
wife, children's book author Davene Fahy, on the coast of Maine.

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great pageturner that should have been a bestseller, June 24, 2004

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David "Laymon Fan" (Philadelphia, PA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Lyssa Syndrome (Paperback)

This is a great book by a *very* good author. It's about a rabies outbreak in New England. A new strain of rabies virus is discovered that can be transmitted directly from person to person (not just from animals to people). Some animal rights activists "rescue" some infected animals from a lab, releasing the virus into the wild.

I can't give a more detailed description of the plot without flipping through the book to refresh my memory. I don't want to do that. I'm looking forward to re-reading the book cover-to-cover because the book is so good and more than ten years have passed since I read it.

Read this book -- especially if you're a fan of Dean Koontz, Stephen King, or Michael Crichton.

It will probably appeal to fans of the movie "28 Days Later".

I also recommend "Limerock", "Dream House", "Nightflyer", and "Eternal Bliss". ("Nightflyer" is the best of the group.)

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An overlooked pageturner that should have been a bestseller, August 2, 1998

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David "Laymon Fan" (Philadelphia, PA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Lyssa Syndrome (Paperback)

The Lyssa Syndrome is a great book, a real pageturner. Fast paced, engrossing, and clever. It is so good that I still think about it eight years after reading it. The Philadelphia Library lost the copy I read so I hunted down a used copy at a flea market just so I could lend it to other people.

It's been eight years so I can't give a detailed description of it without skimming through my copy. I don't want to do that. I'm *glad* I'm forgetting the story. It will make it more fun to read again.

It's more of a medical thriller than a horror novel. There is nothing supernatural in the book.

If you can find a copy, read this book. It should have been a bestseller. The only thing I didn't like about it was the original cover.

Horror or medical thriller fans will love it.