Pale Saint

by Eric Van Lustbader

Eric Lustbader takes us to the cutting edge of technology with this unique novel of suspense.New York City Homicide Detective Jon Christopher has a perfect record bringing serial killers to justice, but now all that has the genocidal maniac dubbed the Pale Saint has eluded him for 18 months. When Christophers best friend, assistant D.A. Bobby Austin, becomes the Pale Saints latest victim, Christophers need to catch the killer becomes a matter of personal obsession.Forced to take desperate measures in order to track down the Pale Saint, Christopher enlists an unexpected partner, the great lost love of his life, Austins widow, Cassandra, a brilliant genetic engineer. Together they make a cataclysmic they will create and train a clone of the Pale Saint, his mirror image, to become the human bullet that will bring the wily killer down.Eric Lustbaders new novel is an intense, breathless chase to root out and destroy the ultimate evil. And in redefining the age-old mysteries of love and death, loyalty and betrayal, sin and redemption, Pale Saint forces us to confront the most profound questions of our What defines a human being What constitutes a family What right do scientists have to breach the barrier of the unknown

Genres: Thriller, Fiction, Mystery, Novels

368 pages, Hardcover

First published March 1, 1999

About the author

Eric Van Lustbader was born and raised in Greenwich Village. He is the author of more than twenty-five best-selling novels, including The Ninja, in which he introduced Nicholas Linnear, one of modern fiction's most beloved and enduring heroes. The Ninja was sold to 20th CenturyFox, to be made into a major motion picture. His novels have been translated into over twenty languages.

Mr. Lustbader is a graduate of Columbia College, with a degree in Sociology. Before turning to writing full time, he enjoyed highly successful careers in the New York City public school system, where he holds licenses in both elementary and early childhood education, and in the music business, where he worked for Elektra Records and CBS Records, among other companies.

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Reviews

[Linda De reus · Rating 1 out of 5]

bad book

[Rita Arcidiacono · Rating 3 out of 5]

Scorrevole, è una sorta di poliziesco con sfumature vagamente fantascientifiche, sicuramente scritto in un momento in cui la manipolazione genetica ha solleticato la fantasia. Pecca di credibilità nella scelta dei tempi di sviluppo della storia e sebbene non sia del tutto scontato, molte evoluzioni sono abbastanz prevedibili. Resta una piacevole lettura, che non è stata difficile portare a termine.

[Caroline Price]

Utter crap

[Danita · Rating 3 out of 5]

The book is well-written and the topic is very interesting, but it felt to me as if things dragged on a bit too much.

[David · Rating 2 out of 5]

I finished it and it was OK but hadn't got the pace and intensity I am used to.