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Omen IV: Armageddon 2000

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For all of you that loved the Omen series, this final one lives up to the test. Unlike the Omen 4 that came out on television, Armaggedon 2000 stays on the correct path of the series established in the first book (The Omen). This is a must read book. Too bad they didn't make this version into the movie.

I'm a huge "Omen" fan, and I own all the novels up to this one. I'm about 2/3 of the way through the book, and I must say while it does have some very chilling scenes....it just seems lacking somehow. The first 2 novels were superb, tightly paced and the characters well fleshed out. The novel that precedes this one: "The Final Conflict" was written by the same author as "Omen IV", and I recognize the prose. The story is just much too rushed, characters jump from here to there without much of an even flow.
The characters become confusing as to who is who sometimes, and while it is a decent entry, it needs more "Omen menace" to it.
I will say its VERY fascinating and refreshing to have the Son Of God play a role in this tale!

Omen IV, Armageddon was a chilling novel, and held my interest all the way. I gave it 5 stars. The seller William Stucker, delivered in record time and the book is in good condition. I would purchase from him again.

I was a little disappointed with this entry in the Omen series. Final COnflict was a bit of a disapointment after the triumph of the first 2 Omen books. Here, the book picks up with the birth of the son of Damien Thorn though Kate Reynolds who merely is the vessel of the Beast's birth. After the birth, the story jumps ahead 17 years (to the year 2000) The boy is isolated, raised (presumably) by the disciples and the ever-faithful butler George. Paul Buher, stiill runs the Thorn Empire, but is completely subservient to the boy. The story's plotline is tired; nonbelievers, realizing all-too-late about the Satanic threat in their midst. I would have preferred a confrontation between the Boy and the reborn Christ. Father DeCarlo plays a small part, almost pitifuly so-just delgating to another useless monk, Francis. The parts with Carol the reporter and the ridiculous chapter wasted with the American Michael Finn (who returned the sacred daggers to DeCarlo in the Final Conflict) are just ba complete waste- although there is an interesting emotional conflict the Boy endures while confronting Carol) The American Ambassador, Brennan (like so many others) realizes the truth far too late, but his death is unlike the others in the Omen series; it strikes you and touches you; he is stronger than others before him, and is indeed the strongest character in the novel. They try to drive him mad ( As did Damien's predecessor Doyle in the Final Conflict), but do not succeed. He is strong and proceeds beyond this. As for Buher; his character is flawed, but works for the novel. He is completely enslaved by the Boy, but at the end realizes his life was a betrayal, and a waste. His scene at the end with the Boy and his final choice is memorable, but weak- because the Boy should have known what was in Buher's heart. Again, I would like to have seen a confrontation between the Boy and the reborn Christ, but it was not to be. Buher's actions at the climax (at the eve of Armageddon) are poignant, but leave the door wide open for another chapter. See Omen V-(As one day)

OMEN IV: ARMAGEDDON 2000 takes up where THE FINAL CONFLICT left off. The reader finds out what really happened after Damien Thorn's demise, including the true nature of the conception of his son (no, not his daughter, as the made-for-TV movie might make you believe). It is more faithful to the spirit of the OMEN series than OMEN IV the TV movie is. It is also more faithful to its evangelical Protestant roots.

Omen IV: Armageddon 2000 picks up ninth months after the events of The Final Conflict, then jumps ahead 18 years. The son of Damien (Grandson of the Devil?) is living in seculsion, hidden from the world, and protected by Paul Buher (a character Damien 'befriended' in Omen 2) the head of the once mighty Thorn Corporation. Several characters are taken from the opening montage of The Final Conflict and dispatched in clumsy 'accidents' before the novel stumbles to its conclusion. Other than Buher's crisis of faith (he is considering converting to Christianity) there is of little interest here. At least it's superior to the terrible tele-sequel.