The 6 Messiahs (Mass Market Paperback)

by Mark Frost (Author)

Editorial Reviews

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"Hair-raising." (Orlando Sentinel )

"Dark, brooding . . . a heart-thumping, bizarre tale." (Buffalo News )

"[A] clever series...classical-style, slam-bang adventure." (Publishers Weekly )

"Takes off like a runaway brougham . . . a compulsive puzzler." (Los Angeles Times )

"Dark and compelling entertainment . . . an irresistible page turner." (Clive Barker )

"A knockout . . . remarkable . . . engrossing . . . strange and terrifying." (Booklist )

"Compelling . . . bizarre." (San Francisco Chronicle )

A spooky page-turner . . . barrels through Victorian England with the narrative drive of a runaway train." (People )

"Plenty of detail and fast-paced action." (Denver Post )

"A ripping good tale. It effervesces like champagne." (Washington Post Book World )

Product Description
Accompanied by his impetuous younger brother Innes and six other companions on a book tour across America, author Arthur Conan Doyle faces an ultimate challenge between good and evil in which the stake is the human race. Reprint. AB. PW.

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Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 464 pages
• Publisher: Avon (July 26, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0380722291
• ISBN-13: 978-0380722297
• Product Dimensions: 6.5 x 4.1 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #74,930 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is a great sequel!, October 28, 2006

By	Colin P. Lindsey (Manchester, NH) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

In looking at some of the reviews here there seems to be an element of wistfulness for the List of Seven and an opinion that this is not as good as novel as it's precursor. I was fortunate enough to wait two years between reading the two, so while I can agree that this may not be as good as the List of Seven, which was a six-star book in my opinion, this is still a great, wonderful, compelling, and extraordinarily fun read. It's definitely still a five-star book in it's own right and I wouldn't have missed it for the world. If you have read List of Seven, then keep on going and read this one too. It's full of occult forces, evil organizations, weird magic, weirder heroes, and our good old Arthur Conan Doyle, 15 years older and now a successful and world famous author. If you haven't read the List of Seven, then for pity's sake man, order it today and set aside a day for some wonderful fun.

In the Six Messiahs, AC goes to America for a book signing tour and promptly gets swept up into a shocking and bewildering murder mystery on the German cruise liner that is ferrying him to the States. He reconnects to Jack, the secret agent, who is not himself and strangely withdrawn, sullen, and distant (probably the primary reason most people didn't like this sequel as much.) Upon reaching the States they are swept up into a mystery regarding the thefts of the world's most sacred religious tomes and must journey, along with several holy people, to the American Southwest to confront a strange cult and try to reccover the tomes. Many of the original cast of the List of Seven return, but as in real life, they are not quite the people they were fifteen years ago, for better or worse. This novel ties up the loose ends left in the first and is a very satisyfing and exceptionally fun read. Ignore the nay-sayers, you will enjoy this book too. If you finish this one and want more stories of AC Doyle battling the dark forces of the occult, make sure to get Thomas Wheeler's "The Arcanum". It's great read in a similar vein as this one.

10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great sequel...don't listen to the other reviews!, August 10, 2005

By	Vanessa J. Baca - See all my reviews

Ok, so it's not the same as The List of Seven. But I think it stands on its own, brings great closure to the earlier story and brought back one of my favorite characters, Jack Sparks. As a story goes, it held my interest from cover to cover and I wasn't the least bit disappointed. If you read it, don't go into it expecting the exact same book as its predecessor, because you won't get it. But if you enjoy seeing these old friends again, meeting new characters and getting a quick course in different religions across the world, you'll definitely enjoy it. I am hoping for a third but it probably won't happen.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Left me wanting more, November 29, 2001

By A Customer

Although it has been a few years since I read The list of 7
and the 6 Messiahs, both left me craving perhaps Frosts next
trip into Doyle and sparks next adventure. I was less
enthusiastic with The 6 Messiahs, and thought it should have been longer. yet all in all both books were thouroughly enjoyable.