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The Survivor Paperback – October 10, 2012

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What are the unseen forces that make a survivor of one man among many?

It had been one of the worst crashes in airline history, killing more than 300 people and leaving only one survivor. Now the dead were buried and the town of Eton tried to forget, but one man could not rest. Keller had walked from the flames of the wreck, driven on by unseen forces, seeking the answer to his own survival. The town was soon forced to face the shocking, dreadful truth about what was buried in the old graveyard—a truth Keller did not want to believe.

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264 pages
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Pan Books
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October 10, 2012
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5 x 0.8 x 8 inches
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0330522647
ISBN-13

978-0330522649
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James Herbert is an author of chilling fiction; his works include Fluke, Nobody True, Once, Others, Portent, and The Rats. His more than 20 novels have sold more than 48 million copies worldwide, and are available in 33 languages. In 2010 he was awarded The World Horror Convention Grand Master Award.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Pan Books; Reprint edition (October 10, 2012)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 264 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0330522647
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0330522649
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 7.9 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5 x 0.8 x 8 inches

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- #768 in British & Irish Horror
- #27,153 in Occult Fiction
- #188,391 in Science Fiction (Books)

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Tundrabeast

Page Turner

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 23, 2006

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It's been a long time since I read this book. I remember that shortly after I bagan reading that I found myself locked in. I was hardly able to put the book down until I read it through. After reading other James Herbert books I know that Herbert has this writing style that just keeps bringing you to the edge time and again so that you're compelled to find out what happens next. A real joy ride for scare junkies.

As I said it's been a long time since I read it, but I remember that it does focus around a lone survivor who is somehow drawn to this mega evil force that continues to grow from the souls of the recent deceased. If I remember right the force finds ways to create more mass deaths to make it continue to grow bigger and stronger.

As for the disappointing ending that some have spoke of....I don't remember how it ended so I'm going to have to read it again myself....Hey! The journey is definatly worth the price of admission for this read though...

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Mme Davina Hennessey

Another good read from James Herbert

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 7, 2015

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Interesting take on a plane crash in the UK. The story evolves in an unexpected way.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 24, 2020

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Great story........creepy .....read when it was first published in paperback. Had to reread it again on my Kindle. James Herbert is one of the best horror writers out there. He ranks up there with King, Masterton, and McCammon, at least that’s my opinion.

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S. Dudley

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Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 3, 2018

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This was the scariest book I ever read in my life. It gave me wake up screaming nightmares. Of course, I was 9 years old when I read it. Now over 40 years later I happened across it and decided to give it another try. Not so scary, but still a halfway decent book. My only problem was the end. There is nothing that torques me off worse than when you are going along fine and then the author introduces a new character five pages from the end that has a MAJOR impact on the ending. That is called cheating. You might as well start the book five pages from the end and skip the rest.

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Chilling and compelling

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 7, 2013

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James Herbert, as usual, stays in contact with the supernatural world through a compelling story. Drawn into his world, one is immediately immersed into a page-turning adventure that hinges on the eventual confrontation of good vs. evil in a nether world populated by lost souls and menacing spirits. At the same time, the earth-bound humanity of the residents of Eton are very relatable, each with their own frailties and vulnerabilities, trying to cope with the ghosts of a tragedy. Needless to say, the pivotal character has deep misgivings as his reality is shattered and distorted by events surrounding his very existence.

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D Surga

Four Stars

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 9, 2014

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i thought it was good

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 21, 2016

Excellent read

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 8, 2014

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this was a good read. thought it was a book I had starting reading as a teenager and never finished. not the one but still worth reading

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Juliet Foster

One of the better ones

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on July 28, 2013

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James Herbert's third novel, The Survivor blends plausible manmade horror with the supernatural, with the result of a fast-moving, intriguing and thoroughly entertaining read.

They say third time's the charm and that may well be true here because as much as I like The Rats, The Survivor is a far more skilfully crafted story with noticeably more confidence in the telling. More multi-faceted and maintaining mystery to the end, Herbert is definitely in charge of his craft by this book. He doesn't even give over too many pages to unnecessary `bedroom' scenes with this one.

I read The Survivor comfortably in one sitting, never losing interest in the plot or being put off by the pace or tone. Whereas The Fog becomes quite samey and reveals the truth too soon (in my opinion anyway), The Survivor makes variations and holds on to its secrets to the end.The only annoyance about the book so can't really complain!

Unusually for a large publishing house Kindle release, the issue contains numerous typesetting errors, possibly from conversion to Kindle format without subsequent proof reading. It doesn't spoil the reading although sometimes jars your eyes to a halt.

One of the better Herbert novels and well worth it for the entertainment.

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Brilliant!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on July 22, 2012

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I am making my way through all of James Herbert's books on my Kindle in the order that they were published. Having read his first ( The Rats ) and second The Fog ) books I naturally came to this one. I am 43 years old now and read a number of his books in my early teenage years, though not this one. Had I read this at night when I was a young teenager I don't think I would have wanted to turn the light out. This book is awesome! The story line is fast paced, not a dull moment and Mr Herbert certainly knows how to make the hairs of the back of your neck rise. A bomb destroys a fully laden Boeing 747 jumbo jet shortly after take off from Heathrow and the only man to survive, it seems, is the co-pilot. At first he has amnesia of the entire, albeit short, flight but as the story progresses he recollects more and more. At the same time there are some horrific goings on in the quiet town of Eton where the plane came down. The story gets better and better as it goes and ends in a climax.

I really did enjoy this book and is my favourite James Herbert book so far.

Note on the Kindle version: Vary good with no proplems whatsoever with typos or formatting.

Next up: Fluke . Now this looks a strange one; a dog who appears to be a reincarnated man with flash backs to his former life. I wonder how well Mr Herbert will bring this one off. Looking forward to reading it.

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The survivor review

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on July 20, 2017

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I give this novel 4 stars, although the "surprise" ending regarding Keller didn't surprise me, still it didn't end quite as I imagined. The reason for the plane crash isn't apparent until much later in the novel, there's a red herring clue. This is an old fashioned style of horror mixed with shock and gore. The only reason I'm not rating this 5 stars is it's obvious "fodder" characters are going to be killed off in one chapter, i.e. The overweight Eton school boy bunking off school, the hen pecked husband who likes to while away the time in a rowing boat, too obvious their fate. Character development let alone emphasising with the lead character isn't great here, but for all that it's a very enjoyable read.

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B. Lengden

The shape of things to come

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on October 3, 2013

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This, James Herbert's 3rd published novel, was his first venture into true 'horror genre' as I and many others understand it - 'paranormal' and metaphysical fiction, as distinct from the physically horrific/'slasher' branch. The Rats and The Fog might better be categorised (if categorised fiction has to be, and apparently it does), as 'gruesome sci-fi'.

The Survivor strikes me as the product of an author not yet quite sure he really believes that what he's writing is possible. Nevertheless, it IS intelligently worked out and persuasive, and I found it to be an entertaining read, well worth my £3 for the Kindle edition. I'm just surprised that, despite my having had a secondhand paperback languishing on my shelves for years, I hadn't read it before - an oversight which I'm glad to have corrected.

Christopher Briggs

Gripping Stuff!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on September 8, 2012

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Keller somehow survives a plan crash which has killed over 300 people but somehow he just walks away but he has lost all his memories of the incident. Being the co-pilot he feels responsible in someway, frustrated with the fact he can't remember what happened or how he survived and a strange irresistible force pulling him to the town of Eton where the crash had occurred he is determined to find out what happened. While investigating and some help from a friend Tewson (who is involved in the investigation) he soon finds something unease about it all that nobody can put there finger on.

A spiritualist/medium called Hobbs turns up saying the voices of the passengers have communicated with him and that they are angry and confused and they need his help for whatever purpose. After Keller shows him the door and getting on with his investigating, strange deaths start occurring in the town and he soon decides to give Hobbs a chance and they discover that among the souls of the passengers there is an evil spirit who is committing the killings and is corrupting the other souls and wants Keller life.

To save all the souls of the dead passengers and to stop the killings Keller & Hobbs must discover what happened to the plane which means unlocking Keller memories which may cost them there lives.

The Survivor has been the best James Herbert book I have read so far it really gripped me I just wanted to know the mystery of the crash. Lots of creepy stuff i.e an evil girl who carries a doll around just great James Herbert as usual :)

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