The Fifth Harmonic

by F. Paul Wilson

Book Overview

From F. Paul Wilson, the best-selling and acclaimed author of the Repairman Jack series, comes a lightning-paced, whip-smart thriller sure to please both die-hard fans and newcomers to Wilson's spellbinding world. Will Burleigh is a hard-nosed, no-nonsense M.D. totally dedicated to the health and welfare of the patients in his practice. But when he himself is diagnosed with throat cancer, he can't bear the idea of undergoing massive radiation and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1571743863
• ISBN13: 9781571743862
• Release Date: October 2003
• Publisher: Hampton Roads Publishing Company
• Length: 213 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

An exciting adventure you shouldn't miss

F. Paul Wilson is one of the best storytellers of our time. I've been a huge fan for years. The Fifth Harmonic is a departure from his other books, but what a fantastic departure it is! Will Burleigh, MD has a particularly aggressive form of cancer where the treatment is almost as bad as the illness. His prognosis is grim. Even though Dr. Burleigh is a man of science, a man of reason and facts, he decides to give an "alternative" healing method a try. It's not a leap of faith, because he has no faith at all. It's a move spurred by desperation and his fascination with an exotic woman named Maya. Together they embark on an unforgettable spiritual adventure that will keep you turning the pages with anticipation. Wilson's characters are complex and appealing. The setting - Mesoamerica - is a character in itself. His descriptions of the Maya, their country and their history are captivating.The Fifth Harmonic is exciting, fresh and thoroughly entertaining. I highly recommend this book whether you are already a fan of his or even if you have never read any of his books before. I assure you that you will turn into a fan after reading this gem!

head and heart

F. Paul Wilson has done it again, showing the amazing range of his talents in this compelling novel about a dying physician's struggle to save what is left of his life by opening his mind to possibilities he has always scorned. The main body of the novel takes place in a mesoamerica vividly rendered, lush and exotic. The characters are wonderful and engaging, the plot relentlessly gripping and the ending a deeply satisfying resolution of the age old yearning of us all to bring our hearts and minds into harmony. I thoroughly recommend this wonderful tale by a master novelist.

This book will open your third eye.

What IS this? Only three reviews so far? For shame...this book should already be considered a classic! I've been an F. Paul Wilson reader for three years now, mostly in his Repairman Jack/Adversary Cycle field, but I've read a (too-)scattered few others of his, and when I heard this one was coming, I couldn't wait. And now...a week after starting it...I am blown away like you wouldn't believe. No, seriously: Wilson outdoes himself with this book, his first that falls into a sort of "new age" category - no, wait, don't let that stop you...this is not just some kind of next-life/spacey-wacey fiction; this book will open up such whole new vistas of reality for you, you'll be changed.A doctor, Will Burleigh, goes to see a spiritual healer. He has a very malign tumor in his throat, and doesn't have even a few months left. He doesn't want to get surgery, because it'd leave him permanently disfigured--and there's still no guarantee he'd live. As it turns out, however, one of his former patients tells him he should see this healer that she saw. See, this former patient had been diagnosed with leukemia a while ago, and should have been dead...but she was alive as if she'd never been sick, and she said that after seeing this healer, she'd "killed" the disease.So he goes to this healer, a beautiful woman named Maya, who says that though she possibly could save him, he has to open himself up first. To life, to the world, to the All-Mother Earth herself. And to do so, they have to travel to Mesoamerica, to go on a quest to find...well, I'll stop there. You could probably read the other reviews and figure out what is going on, but holy damn...just read - EXPERIENCE - this book for yourself. I guarantee, if it's not a life-changing book, it will certainly open your eyes (or maybe another sort of eye?) to an amazing world: the world you are in, and maybe are blind to the true wonders of.Now read it. Don't ask questions, just read.

This book is brilliant

Will Burleigh, a doctor, is diagnosed with cancer. The cure will leave him horribly disfigured and still with no guarantee that he will be cured, so he decides to forgo treatment, though he only has a few weeks to live. A former patient convinces him, however, to visit a healer who she say cured her of her cancer. The healer, Maya, says she can help him, but he must go with her to Mayan country in Mesoamerica for the cure. Once there, Will is subjected to many trials in order to find "the fifth harmonic," which will effect his cure, but he has to fight his increasing physical weakness as the cancer takes over his body and, as an added bonus, he finds out that Maya is not all she appears to be.This book is awe-inspiring. Wilson makes you care about the characters and draws you further into them in each section of the book by his inward-shifting narrative style throughout each part of his journey. Wilson is a brilliant writer.

Excellent

What can you say about this author? Read everything he writes. It's a bit different than his other works, it's more inspiring than scary but we can only hope he continues his stories of Will and Maya.....they won't replace Repairman Jack....they're simply their own wonderful world.Write us more, Mr. Wilson, please!!!!