Beware the Pale Horse Is a Millenium Novel

by Arthur E. Adams

Victor Waldran, director of the Garman Institute in Manhattan concentrating on AIDS research, is kidnapped along with his daughter. His wife, Kate, a distinguished scientist co-worker, is told by the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1560028483
• ISBN13: 9781560028482
• Release Date: October 1999
• Publisher: Aegina Pr
• Length: 314 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 5.5" x 8.5"

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Wickedness Meets Its Match But Not Without A Struggle

What more could we ask to make a rip-roaring good story: dedicated scientists rushing pell-mell to contain the "Zambian strain" of the HIV virus; religious fanatics determined to steal that virus; clandestine drug sales to support "the cause"; a remote headquarters in southeastern Ohio where militia who intend to reign with Christ are training in warfare and ready to murder in His holy name. The story revolves around two married scientists, Drs. Vic and Kate Waldran, who are working in a New York institute to identify and develop an antidote for a particularly virulent form of the HIV virus. Their lives are happy and fulfilling but are forever changed when Vic and his daughter Pat are captured by religious fanatics, led by the prophet Jeremiah. He intends to use Vic to spread the Zambian virus as a way to kill off the polluters of American culture, spread international chaos, and thus provoke the final battles of Armageddon and the triumphal return of Christ. Kate, a fanatic herself who loves her family above all else, refuses to call in the police to assist in the detective work--a very selfish decision if one considers that the life and death of millions is at stake. She will rescue her daughter and husband herself, together with one or two friends. Unlikely? Yes, but would things be as interesting without the Father Dowlings and Ben Matlocks of this life, determined to do the work of the police and thus provide us with many a good story? Kate takes on a new name as the story unfolds, the "Devil's Bitch," given her by her enemies. And she richly earns the title. Talk about a one person wrecking crew! Adams' fanatics are described as ignorant Christians motivated to action by their profound sense that they have lost their place in society. They are not your average inert losers, but are fired with hatred and a determination to take back their lost position. Such persons as failed farmers and malajusted Viet Nam veterans comprise their numbers. Their rich and wicked prophet, a successful, respected construction entrepreneur in New York, shares their enormous hated of Jews, African-Americans, homosexuals, newer immigrants, and others seen as the curse of American life, with a focus on urban areas as the centers of sin and corruption. The madcap Prophet Jeremiah, who receives God's word to destroy the infidels, sets out with purpose and the comforting belief that the Almighty will not allow him to fail. And thus the tale unfolds, the plot full of action and mayhem, cold hatreds, and the willingness to kill without hesitation. Author Adams, a distinguished historian of Russia and Eastern Europe, must have been developing other skills during the years he was churning out his sober, beautifully researched histories. This, his third novel written since he retired from Ohio State University, is racy and intriguing, a real page-turner. Is Hollywood paying any attention? This story is