Pandora Drive [Mass Market Paperback]

Tim Waggoner (Author)

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About the Author

Tim Waggoner is the author of Darkness Wakes, Pandora Drive, and Like Death.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 370 pages
• Publisher: Dorchester Publishing Company (April 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0843956259
• ISBN-13: 978-0843956252
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.2 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #732,331 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #32 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Religion & Spirituality > Fiction > Visionary Fiction

More About the Author

I write fantasy and horror for both adults and young readers. I also teach creative writing at Sinclair Community College in Dayton, Ohio.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Pandora's Box of Horrors!, May 14, 2006

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Frederick Nocito (Orlando, FL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Pandora Drive (Mass Market Paperback)

A young woman named Damara has the power to make people's dreams and nightmares come true. She has no control over this power, and sparking her imagination causes horrors beyond your worst nightmares. When childhood friend Tristan comes back to her neighborhood to renovate his dead mother's house, Damara's powers become more and more potent.

Tristan begins to notice gray ooze coming out of his walls. Kenneth, one of Damara's neighbors, who has erectile dysfunction, finds it cured, so that his new condition is quite the opposite of his old one. Add to that the fact that Kenneth is extremely perverted, and he becomes very dangerous. His wife, Emma, develops skills at pruning more than weeds, such as the ability to easily rid the neighborhood of those she thinks of as being weeds.

This novel begins calmly, and gradually erupts into a full blown nightmare of gore and violence. It is not for the faint of heart.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars When Imaginations Run Wild, July 18, 2006

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Joshua Koppel (Chicago, IL United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Pandora Drive (Mass Market Paperback)

Damara lives in a small town in Ohio on the title street. She has grown up knowing that she has the ability to make things happen. If she lets her imagination loose, bad things can happen. She has kept things pretty much under control by avoiding others and thinking about polar bears in snowstorms (pure white image). But things are changing now for the worse. Damara's power does not want to be held back any more. It is leaking out into the minds of the neighbors. Now their deepest desires are coming true.

As Damara's power seeps into others strange things begin to happen to the locals. On neighbor has their darkest sexual fantasies burst forth while the spouse can now rid the area of delinquent weeds (kids). But these are not the only two touched. Damara's mother and boyfriend are also recipients. And those not touched directly are affected by the changes in others. Soon Damara's power is almost completely out of control as the local world goes mad. Now Damara must try and control her power if she is to save herself and the innocents around her.

This is an interesting power. Sort of a bit 'The Man Who Could Work Miracles" and a bit "Forbidden Planet" but far darker than either could be at the time of their release. Some of the imagery may be too strong or upsetting for some readers but then they really shouldn't be reading modern horror. Fans of Edward Lee will feel right at home with this one. Not for the faint of heart. Check it out.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Actually 3 1/2 stars is more appropriate, June 12, 2006

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Babyblue Kelly (Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Pandora Drive (Mass Market Paperback)

All I can say is wow, I think I'll be reading more Tim Waggoner. His writing style is fast paced, descriptive and interesting. The book is about Damara, a woman with a terrible power that makes people's dreams/nightmares come to life. This power has caused her to become a loner, hiding away in the house she shares with her mother for 17 years. However her powers, for whatever reason, has begun to leak out into the neighbourhood and it leads to frightening results. I would tell people to read this book, it's interesting and creative. Waggoner has been added to my list of authors to watch out for.