The Spear [Hardcover]

James Herbert (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 279 pages
• Publisher: New English Library Ltd (September 1, 1978)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0450040402
• ISBN-13: 978-0450040405
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 4.2 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,192,264 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars misses the mark, July 10, 2003

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David Group (Buffalo, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Spear (Paperback)

I expected to be thrilled by this novel about neo-Nazis and their attempts to gain power using the spear that pierced the side of Christ, but it was an effort to work my way through this novel. I believe it's focus is too narrow-- it's missing a sense of international intrigue that you would get from a good spy novel, or a sense of awe that you would get from a novel that knows something about the occult. In short, it needed to have opened up a bit more, to have a more global perspective on what are basically earth-shaking events. It doesn't help that some of the action scenes are a bit awkward, either. An adequate time-killer, nothing more.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Neo-Nazis attempt to literally resurrect evil of the Reich., February 26, 2002

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Chadwick H. Saxelid "Bookworm" (Concord, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Spear (Hardcover)

James Bond meets The Exorcist? So it seems in this typically blood soaked good versus evil story revolving around Neo-Nazi Occultists attempting to literally resurrect the leaders of the Third Reich. More gruesome fun from James Herbert that won't displease his fans, of which I am one.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Wild, October 12, 1998

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This review is from: The Spear (Paperback)

This is really a wild book. It includes the Mossad, neonazis (including, believe it or not, Heinrich Himmler!) and a heavy, really heavy dose of occultism. As usual for (the early) Herbert, the main part of the book consists of action-scenes which are not that exciting but at least keep the book moving at a fast pace. The book isn't really bad but has a "cheap" feeling. So, you will not really regret reading this book. On the other hand, you will not regret skipping it, either. Review by Oliver Naujoks, Marburg/Germany.