Swan song

Title:

Swan song

Author:

Summary:

In a wasteland born of rage and fear, populated by monstrous creatures and marauding armies, earth's last survivors have been drawn into the final battle between good and evil, that will decide the fate of humanity: Sister, who discovers a strange and transformative glass artifact in the destroyed Manhattan streets ... Joshua Hutchins, the pro wrestler who takes refuge from the nuclear fallout at a Nebraska gas station ... and Swan, a young girl possessing special powers, who travels along with Josh to a Missouri town where healing and recovery can begin with Swan's gift. But the ancient force behind earth's devastation is scouring the walking wounded for recruits for its relentless army, beginning with Swan herself.

Edition:

Pocket books paperback edition.

Physical Description:

919 pages ; 19 cm

Genre:

Apocalyptic fiction.

Horror fiction.

Science fiction.

Subject Term:

End of the world -- Fiction.

Nuclear winter -- Fiction.

Survival -- Fiction.

Armageddon -- Fiction.

Good and evil -- Fiction.

Publisher:

Pocket Books,

Publication Date:

2016

1987

ISBN:

9781501131424

Publication Information:

New York : Pocket Books, 2016.

Call Number:

MCCAMMON

Holds: Copies:

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Item Barcode	Collection	Call Number	Status	Item Holds
33607003320382	Adult Fiction	MCCAMMON Robert	Searching... Unknown	Searching... Unavailable

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Summary

Nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read .

New York Times bestselling author Robert McCammon's prescient and "shocking" (John Saul) vision of a post-apocalyptic US comes to life in his classic epic of terror and renewal.

In a wasteland born of rage and fear, populated by monstrous creatures and marauding armies, Earth's last survivors have been drawn into a final battle between good and evil that will decide the fate of humanity. There's Sister, who discovers a strange and transformative glass artifact in the destroyed Manhattan streets...Joshua Hutchins, the pro wrestler who takes refuge from the nuclear fallout at a Nebraska gas station...and Swan, a young girl possessing special powers, who travels alongside Josh to a Missouri town where healing and recovery can begin with her gifts. But the ancient force behind earth's devastation is scouring the walking wounded for recruits for its relentless army...beginning with Swan herself.

Author Notes

Robert R. McCammon is a popular horror fiction writer. He was born in 1952 in Birmingham, Alabama and attended the University of Alabama. After college he spent a number of years working in advertising for bookstores in Birmingham, where he still lives.

McCammon's first novel, "Baal," was published in 1978. He quickly joined the group of horror writers that includes Stephen King, Dean R. Koontz, and Anne Rice, who write suspenseful stories with modern-day settings. He has published over two dozen books to date.

With the publication of "Boy's Life" in 1991, McCammon left behind the horror genre, noting that he finds real life horrifying enough these days. While there are some aspects of the supernatural in "Boy's Life," it is more a story of growing up in a small Southern town.

(Bowker Author Biography)