Cold White Fury

by Beth Amos

Jennifer Bolton fears for her young son's safety after she realizes that he hears strange voices and can predict the future, and she soon discovers that the fate of millions rests on his small shoulders. Original.

Genres: Fiction, Thriller, Horror

355 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published July 25, 1996

About the author

Aka Annelise Ryan and Allyson K. Abbott.

Reviews

[RunRachelRun · Rating 2 out of 5]

Another airport book - just a way to get through another flight....

[Judas Machina · Rating 2 out of 5]

It took over one hundred pages for the story and intrigue to fully develop, and then the last hundred pages felt as though it was rushed. There were details where it was extraneous to the plot and character, and sparse details where it would have further fleshed out the story and pushed the "thrill" level up.
I know HP Lovecraft revolutionized the whole "let the mind fill in the details to make it scary", but this book is in no way Lovecraftian so it makes little sense to give scant information and just expect the reader to go along with it and get worried.

Want a synopsis of the story? Read the blurb on the "cover". Spoilers be here:

When Jennifer Bolton cheats on her boyfriend, it's okay, because he is one of the bad guys you just don't know it yet....That is one of the worst reasoning's to cheat EVER. From her perspective Evan has been a loyal and involved boyfriend. She then sleeps with Eric, who is hot and a doctor and feels no remorse about this, only includes the afterthought of "I guess Even and I are broken up now."
THEN, a day later she finds out Evan's one of the bad guys. NEWSFLASH! Even though your boyfriend turns out to be the bad guy it does not mean that it absolves you from your own actions. Jennifer sold out any integrity she had with that move, especially since one of the boring character subplots is how much she hated her mother for cheating on her dad. So she's a cheater and a hypocrite, but that's okay because other people were bad first.
Liberal logic at its worst.

Plot wise it's somewhat interesting. Boy with psychic powers goes up against secret cabal, Koontz style, complete with charming dog named Butterscotch.

I don't recommend. Read Watchers by Koontz instead.

[Toni Mcintire · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good

I am not always into suspense-filled books like this,but this one keeps the reader alert at all times. It is a book that you cannot predict the end before you get 1/2 way done. A good read.

[Tim · Rating 4 out of 5]

If you are a fan of Koontz & King thrillers from the 80s and 90s, this will make you a happy reader. Just exactly what I have been looking for & a perfect vacation read. Cant wait to read her other two. (Her pseudonymous mysteries are a different kind of fun, but also highly recommrnded)

[Donna Breylinger · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was a great thriller. There was action from the beginning to the end!!!

[Ann Fleming · Rating 5 out of 5]

Compelling read.
Hard to put down

[Matthew]

Good thriller!

[Katey · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was a little disturbing and exciting at the same time. It begins with a couple and their 6-month old son going on a vacation. After a freak accident, a little sliver a metal gets imbedded in the baby's head, which triggers some special abilities about eight years later. Apparently, Jennifer's deceased husband was working for a company that he also had some inside information on that would have shut them down. Some people start coming after Jennifer and Tanner, her eight-year-old son, and only Tanner can figure out where the information is and how to save everyone.

[Myrna Miller]

This was a fairly good book -- I liked the main characters. I thought the main character, Jennifer, did an excessive amount of crying about her situation---and a lot of it was self pity. Crying about a problem, rarely solves the problem. All in all it held my interest.

[♥ Marlene♥ · Rating 3 out of 5]

I thought it was a nice read. Maybe a bit too weird. but all in all a good read.