Creature: A NovelA powerful high-tech company. A postcard-pretty company town. Families. Children. Sunshine. Happiness. A high school football team that never-ever loses. And something else. Something horrible ... Now, there is a new family in town. A shy, nature-loving teenager. A new hometown. A new set of bullies. Maybe the team's sports clinic can help him. Rebuild him. They won't hurt him again. They won't dare. |
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User Review - LoriFox - LibraryThingCreature by John Saul is one of those books that starts out slow as the author builds the storyline, but halfway though it picks up and becomes hard to put down, until the very last page with an ... Read full review
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User Review - Carol420 - LibraryThingWhen Blake Tanner is suddenly promoted and transferred to Silverdale, he cannot be happier; TarrenTech only sends its future corporate elite to this small, idyllic town in Colorado. His family is ... Read full review
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Page 173 - Ostrowski looked surprised, I remember, and leaned back in his chair and clasped his hands behind his head. He kind of half-smiled and said, "Malcolm, one of life's first needs is for us to be realistic.
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Creature: A Novel |
| Author | John Saul |
| Publisher | Random House Publishing Group, 2010 |
| ISBN | 0307768031, 9780307768032 |
| Length | 416 pages |
| Subjects | › › Fiction / Horror Fiction / Thrillers / Supernatural Fiction / Thrillers / Suspense |
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