Reaper (Mass Market Paperback) by C. Terry Cline

Reaper

C. Terry Cline Jr.

BERKLEY

Death Knell

Pamela Roth, like her brilliant father, German emigrant Russell Roth, exhibits from childhood a cool composure and rare intellect. Although only a teenager, she is increasingly absorbed with the history of the Hitler period, the Holocaust, and the truth of her fatherâ€™s early life in wartime Germany.Pamelaâ€™s mother becomes alarmed at her daughterâ€™s obsession and turns for help to Otto Ebenstein, an old friend and psychiatrist with an outstanding record for tracking down Nazi war criminals. Pamelaâ€™s youthful passion for Nazi history rekindles Ottoâ€™s flagging dedication to the cause.When two ex-Nazis are found sexually assaulted and tortured to death, Otto begins to suspect Pamela of powers beyond his reckoning. His investigations lead him to an astonishing discovery. Death Knell is a breathtaking novel of chilling suspense and retribution whose seed lies in the gas chambers of Auschwitz.

Literature & Fiction

Genre Fiction

Fawcett

When a collection of pornographic videos whose "stars" are actually the victims of a murderer's depravity is found in a secluded Rocky Mountain cabin, newspaperman Gary Cotler races to protect his daughter from the killer

Quarry

United States

New American Library

Cross Current

Witnessing visions that speak languages unknown to him, a minister in a small southern town is seized by a mysterious disease. Joshua McDavid is a devout and powerful preacher, but there are unanswered questions in his past, and doubtful answers in his questionable future. The faces he sees and the voices he hears are interpreted as hallucinatory, and he is sent to New Orleans, to the finest clinic in the country, for treatment. But tests and medication cannot overcome David's belief that his illness has religious significance. The woman who loves him shares his conviction and sets off to investigate Joshua's past, to find if the disease might be divinely, as well as genetically, inspired. Perhaps its origin, once known, can provide a cure. On a search into McDavid's past, she journey's through the American South, to Rome, and finally to Israel before answers begin revealing themselves. She follows his family back through seventeen generations and uncovers the horrible truth behind the series of generational suicides. But, as she discovers, even the solution to this puzzle may not save Joshua McDavid from himself or from the vicious infighting of the clinic staff. For, all unaware, Joshua McDavid has become the battlefield where the dramas of medical politics will be played out, and the actor will be as possessed, in their way, as the small-town minister whose head is full of voices. Against a background of ancient history and modern medicine and society, Cross Current explores that side of big-time medicine rarely seen by the patient, who is, nevertheless, its ultimate victim. Here are the contradictions and the compromises; the jockeying for position, power, and money; and those sometimes life-and-death medical decisions based on other than medical considerations. The result is a novel that moves across many levels--from the scientific to the holy and the rational to the unexplainable. In a story of fear, and the faith to overcome it, C. Terry Cline, Jr., has given new life to an age-old story.

River's Edge Media, LLC

Damon

A four-year-old boy with a rare glandular malfunction, a genius IQ and telepathic power is the catalyst of this compulsively readable novel of dual personality and psychological possession. What is at the core of young Damon's unusual affliction? Damon is a "once in a lifetime case" for psychiatrist Kyle Burnette, his colleague, Ted Drinkwater, and nurse Betty Snider. In psychotherapy, Dr. Burnette discovers a mature, sensual, menacing alter ego within Damon, a rare occurrence in such a young child. Concurrently, the glandular malfunction causes Damon's body to mature sexually to the level of a grown man's. In the tradition of great psychological mysteries such as Sybil and The Three Faces of Eve, Damon is a story based on bizarre but medically impeccable fact. As the tension in C. Terry Cline Jr.'s novel mounts to a high pitch, the reader becomes immersed in the medical experts' gradual unraveling of Damon's mystery and the astonishing revelation of how Damon's cure transforms Dr. Burnette's own personality and life.

Pamela, like her brilliant father, German emigrant Russell Roth, exhibits from childhood a cool composure and a rare intellect. Although only a teenager, she in increasingly absorbed by the truth of her father's early life in wartime Germany. It is a past Russell never discuses. As Pamela immerses herself in the history of World War II Germany and the Holocaust, her mother, Janet, alarmed at her daughter's obsession, turns for help to Otto Ebenstein. Otto is an old friend and a former teacher of Janet's. He is also a psychiatrist with an outstanding record for tracking down Nazi war criminals. Pamela's youthful passion rekindles Otto's flagging devotion to the cause. When two ex-Nazis are found sexually assaulted and tortured to death, Otto begins to suspect Pamela of strange powers beyond his reckoning. He come to know Pamela and gains her trust. He studies the girl's secret files and materials on the Nazi period and on her father's career. His investigations lead him to an astonishing discovery. With its chilling suspense, Death Knell is a breathtaking novel of retribution whose seed lies in the gas chambers of Auschwitz and whose shattering climax evokes memories of The Exorcist and Audrey Rose.

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Thrillers & Suspense

"Sometimes I wish they could lie to me." But no one can lie to David Morgan. No one can hide from him even the intimate or most treacherous secret. Not his unsuspecting wife, to whom he is the "perfect" husband, nor his university colleagues, to whom he is self-effacing but capable professor. For, like Superman to his Clark Kent guise, David Morgan conceals his awesome power. David Morgan can read minds. Morgan knows what lies if the hearts of mankind, and his knowledge torments him. But not even he truly understands his "gift." Is he the most blessed--or most cursed--creature on earth? From his mother has come a muddled and incredible tale of his unearthly conception. Could he be a chosen one, a new messiah? Only Randolph Schmidt, brilliant psychologist, dares imagine the full implication of Morgan's powers--and he seeks to harness them. To Schmidt, Morgan could be the nation's ultimate weapon--and a model for future genetic engineering. He is determined to use Morgan to determine the course of history. Forced to go public with his strange abilities, Morgan comes to see that his powers exceeds whatever he himself knew: not only can he read minds, he can also control them. And as the word plunges ever deeper into crisis, ever closer to the nuclear holocaust that would end human life, David decides he must act ... but in such a way as to challenge mankind to save itself.

Mindreader

Missing Persons

Prey

"Tell Bo Taylor I'm coming." That was only the first threat the voice on the phone made after reciting a chilling poem of hate. But Bo Taylor was dead. The respected sheriff of Thomas County had been mourned by everyone in the Georgia town where his son Brad had agreed to come and take over his father's duties. It was a peaceful community, free of crime and violence. A perfect place to bring his family, to raise his children. But a vengeful stranger appeared, bent on destroying Bo Taylor. Who was he? What was his relationship to the dead man? Before anyone could answer these questions, the entire Taylor family became his prey, as this brilliantly calculating madman struck suddenly, kidnapping Brad's children. Plunged into an unrelenting nightmare, Brad and his wife are pushed to unravel 40-year-old dark secrets from Bo Taylor's past--secrets that force Brad to face some shocking truths about both his father and himself ... before time runs out and a murderer's burning need for revenge is unleashed upon his helpless hostages. With searing understanding of good and evil in the human heart, this superbly crafted novel of psychological suspense takes you into the mind of a killer--and on a journey through madness and terror that will keep you riveted to every shocking page.

"The girl's terror was mesmerizing, the menace of the assailant unmistakable. He showed the camera the blade, light reflecting off the serrated edge. Suddenly, the blade slashed, blood flew ..." It was a movie--but not make-believe. The horror was real, and the spectators knew without a shadow of doubt that their idyllic Colorado mountain resort of Gatlin Pass was both the hunting ground and the hiding place for a ring of snuff filmmakers who preyed on tourists and teenagers. Newspaperman Gary Colter watched the film to its bloody finale--but his interest was not prurient. His own daughter was mysteriously missing. When a vicious renegade was captured, Colter's search for the monsters did not end. He was sure that there was another man still at large--a man holding his daughter in nightmare bondage. With his acclaimed novel Prey, C. Terry Cline, Jr., established himself in the first rank of spellbinding storytellers. Now with this blood-chilling exploration of human violence and the forces that shape it, he achieves a new high in tension and action. Quarry is a taut, page-turner about the power of evil and the strength of a father's love that you will not soon forget.

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Reaper

Death Knell

Quarry

Cross Current

Damon

Death Knell

Mindreader

Missing Persons

Prey

Quarry