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by Brian Keene (Goodreads Author)

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Is this book part of the "The Rising" series?

Former Bookworm I disagree. I know this was a question from years ago, but I recently got the urge to reread it. Brian Keene is one of my favorite authors along side …moreI disagree. I know this was a question from years ago, but I recently got the urge to reread it. Brian Keene is one of my favorite authors along side King and (when I was younger) Koontz. That’s probably the only reason I found him and became a fan, he was shelved in the same neighborhood.

Anyway, I’m nowhere near having read everything he’s written. He’s a prolific dude. But what he’s got is this certain touch to end of the world scenarios that I can’t seem to get enough of. It’s as bleak as Swan Song by McCammon or The Road by McCarthy, but also somehow a little more inviting. Definitely the core idea is more interesting.

I truly believe that Dead Sea is a direct link to The Rising and City of the Dead. Those two were directly linked so no arguments there, but I literally just read yesterday the story that a character in Dead Sea tells... he (Mitch) went to Fells Point in Baltimore to find his son Mickey who got hooked into drugs by his prostitute girlfriend, Frankie.

It’s been years since I’ve revisited these books so maybe I’m super off track, but a prostitute named Frankie with drug issues was a main player in the Rising series. I think this was deliberate.

Another link to some of Keene’s work is his mention of Ob and Leviathan and some other vaguer “old gods”. In the Rising books Ob is the first demon or whatever to show up after some science gone wrong plot point. He literally taunts certain characters about how eventually ALL his demon buddies are going to be on earth.

Check out Darkness on the Edge of Town (pay attention to the homeless guy’s ranting) and the Conqueror Worms series for other connections.

Ob and his buddies are Keene’s version of The Dark Tower. There might even be more links, but like I mentioned, I’m not the most voracious reader. I just thought I’d throw it out there for any future fans who might be interested. The connections are there, in my opinion anyway, so seek them out.

I could be wrong, a lot of this is going on memory, but if you like Dead Sea or The Rising, I don’t think you’ll hate the homework. (less)

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