A Plague of Demons

by Keith Laumer

Book Overview

When John Bravais was sent on a secret mission to observe a war in North Africa he found out more than it was safe for him to know—even after he had secretly been surgically transformed so that he was... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B001ND1EA8
• Release Date: January 1965
• Publisher: Berkeley
• Weight: 0.22 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Interesting Quick Read

This was an interesting and fun quick book. I have a few more of his I'm going to read as well.

Laumer's Best

While I've always enjoyed his lighter works, such as the adventures of Retief, "The Time Trap", and the Lafayette O'Leary tales, Keith Laumer's finest work was in his stories of a lone man battling against overwhelming odds, usually against gigantic organizations or conspiracies. And, while I adore "Night of Delusions" and "The House in November", Keith Laumer's finest novel was "A Plague of Demons".The action is first-rate, the science fiction concepts are solid and well-thought out...and exciting. And the story continually expands, like an onion being peeled in reverse...much as the Lensman stories of Doc Smith did. Bravais (the hero...and I do mean HERO) seems to be investigating a minor matter at story's beginning. By story's end, however, both story and Bravais have undergone astonishing changes!Buy this book...read it...keep it...you'll come back and read it again!

Great book... Fascinating concept!

I was totally immersed in this novel from beginning to end. The concept of placing armour beneath the skin is not new to "Terminator"... it was done by Laumer years before. Only he put armor under the skin instead of putting skin over a robot.