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Sight Unseen
Everyone knew that David was a smart one. He could tell you the end of a story from the first sentence. The other kids wouldn't even go to the movies with him anymore; he always spoiled the surprise ending. People were beginning to wonder about David. There is, after all, such a thing as being too smart for your own good…
David had learned the hard way to keep his thoughts to himself. Even though he was always right. Always. But now David was growing up. And his gift was turning into a power. The power to read people's minds. To see the future. To know things—terrifying things—that he didn't want to know. Like who would live. And who would die…
David had learned the hard way to keep his thoughts to himself. Even though he was always right. Always. But now David was growing up. And his gift was turning into a power. The power to read people's minds. To see the future. To know things—terrifying things—that he didn't want to know. Like who would live. And who would die…
283 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1987
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About the author
Andrew Neiderman
76 books392 followersAndrew Neiderman is the author of over 44 thrillers, including six of which have been translated onto film, including the big hit, 'The Devil's Advocate', a story in which he also wrote a libretto for the music-stage adaptation. One of his novels, Tender Loving Care, has been adapted into a CD-Rom interactive movie.
Andrew Neiderman became the ghostwriter for V.C. Andrews following her death in 1986. He was the screenwriter for Rain, a film based on a series of books under Andrews name. Between the novels written under her name and his own, he has published over 100 novels.
Andrew Neiderman became the ghostwriter for V.C. Andrews following her death in 1986. He was the screenwriter for Rain, a film based on a series of books under Andrews name. Between the novels written under her name and his own, he has published over 100 novels.
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November 18, 2010
I didn't think I was going to like this book, but it was very good! David is 15 yrs. old and in high school. Ever since he was a little kid he would see things, sometimes through a dream, sometimes right in front of his face. Visions that would come true. When he was a child his mother didn't believe him, but his grandmother did. She advised him to tell no one and not to talk about it.
One day as David was walking home, he went past Diane's house. She was the prettiest girl in the school and David really wanted to be with her, but she had a boyfriend, Ted. David and his friends tried peeping into her window to see her undressing, but that resulted in one of David's friends being assaulted and nearly killed by someone nobody got a look at.
When David found Ted's car keys with no explanation other than he just knew where they were, Ted knew he had a gift. Once it was out what David could do, this gift turned into a curse if things didn't go the way his new friends thought they would. David soon becomes an outcast, but this happens at the worst time, a time when people need his help the most. There is a freak in town watching young girls, and David has a dream about who his victim will be, only no one believes him until it's too late...................
what a good read, especially starting about 100 pages in. The last 100 pages had me turning them furiously to find out what would happen next. In the end, I knew how it would end, it not being too difficult to figure out, but it did make for a really good story.
One day as David was walking home, he went past Diane's house. She was the prettiest girl in the school and David really wanted to be with her, but she had a boyfriend, Ted. David and his friends tried peeping into her window to see her undressing, but that resulted in one of David's friends being assaulted and nearly killed by someone nobody got a look at.
When David found Ted's car keys with no explanation other than he just knew where they were, Ted knew he had a gift. Once it was out what David could do, this gift turned into a curse if things didn't go the way his new friends thought they would. David soon becomes an outcast, but this happens at the worst time, a time when people need his help the most. There is a freak in town watching young girls, and David has a dream about who his victim will be, only no one believes him until it's too late...................
what a good read, especially starting about 100 pages in. The last 100 pages had me turning them furiously to find out what would happen next. In the end, I knew how it would end, it not being too difficult to figure out, but it did make for a really good story.
September 20, 2022
Pictures flash on the inside of his eyelids like going to the movies. They were terrifying visions but all very fascinating. He would know the endings of books he hadn't read and movies he hadn't seen. He starts to feel power, something he can't control or understand. It started to frightened him. As he started to use his powers for silly things, his notoriety started spreading around the school. He started to make some money from guessing. David keeps envisioning a shadow, stalking, creeping, peeping into windows looking at one of his friends. He tries to warn her but she doesn't believe. He will dream of a brutal rape, the images etched into his eyelids, her head struck with a branch over and over, caving it in and her body dumped into a pond and weighted down. After the murder he will tell the police, show them the body and find the killer.
October 19, 2022
Spooktober 2022 Book 11
Not really much to say about this book.
There’s nothing really memorable (both good or bad) and the writing is basic with nothing distinguishable. The story itself is decent but it’s nothing to write home about. Id say it does feel a bit longer than 283 pages but I didn’t hate the book, nor did I ever want to rage quit and DNF it, even if it wasn’t particularly exciting.
As a whole it’s…fine…I guess but I’m pretty sure I’ll be forgetting it before the end of the month.
Not really much to say about this book.
There’s nothing really memorable (both good or bad) and the writing is basic with nothing distinguishable. The story itself is decent but it’s nothing to write home about. Id say it does feel a bit longer than 283 pages but I didn’t hate the book, nor did I ever want to rage quit and DNF it, even if it wasn’t particularly exciting.
As a whole it’s…fine…I guess but I’m pretty sure I’ll be forgetting it before the end of the month.
March 14, 2023
"I don't want to know who I am."
What happens when you can see the future in such shocking clarity? Every horrific event to those closest to you, and be powerless to make them believe in the visions and dreams you see? For fifteen year old David Steiner this would be the reality to be faced as he's constantly plagued with the dreams of things impossible to really be true. Starting at a very young age, his dreams haunted him but more so the silence that came with his ability to see. Told by both his mother and his grandmother to never speak of the things his dreams show him, he locked them away until at fifteen something horrific happened that forced the world to see and understand the things only he could witness and predict. As his visions grew stronger and more detailed, it became harder to keep the truth isolated just to himself. When he saw the local village Baker deceased in a coffin in town, he didn't truly understand the scope of his powers before two days later the man suffered a fatal heart attack and passed away. Frightened by his own abilities, he couldn't resist spying in on the gorgeous Diane Jones, who routinely left her curtains open while she stripped. When David and his friends chose a night to peek, they never expected the attack that Buzzy encountered. Grabbed by his throat before a branch was smashed into his head, it's a miracle he survived the attack and stumbled into his friends and the safety of the Jones's house. When authorities were called to the scene, they believed it was a case of rough housing between teenage boys, until the discovery of the footprints we're discovered. Unconvinced by David's dreams and warnings, they believed the boys were the ones who were spooking themselves.
“Go back, Gypsy eyes,” she whispered. “Go back to the living, but remember, you mustn’t think you can do too much, and you mustn’t be afraid of what you can do. Promise me. Promise me. Promise me…” Her voice trailed off.
Ted Davis was the boyfriend of Diane and saw an opportunity to capitalize on David's abilities rather early on. Invited to the parties, the friendship circles, the elite status with the seniors left him on a high point as he used his ability to foresee to win card bets and money bets. As he continued falling for Diane and the beauty she possessed, he would meet his fall from grace when he began spewing information of unfortunate tragedies. Seeing into the future one of the girls bleeding heavily in a bathroom, it effectively locked him from the new friends he made. Crawling back to his original group, he felt like an outsider and he wanted desperately to be heard and understood. After his grandmother passed away from a heart attack he couldn't predict, he was haunted by the dreams he did see including the brutal kidnapping, rape and murder of Diane. The night before the incident, he came to help her study for finals. As he panicked over a shadow in the woods behind her back she sent him away, horrified to hear the graphic assault to come. Warned by Ted to keep far away from her, it was that night as she walked home from studying with a friend that she was kidnapped and killed. Using what he remembered from the dreams he lead detectives to the sight of the killing and to the pond where her body was tied with fishing line and submerged. Finding the bag he put over her head, it lead him through a projection to the doorstep of Peter Sills who haunted him for weeks. Home with a sickly wife, Betty Sills was soon discovered in an ice chest, deceased from a fatal wound to the chest. Reliving the memories of the killer, be knew the rage he felt towards his wife that he envisioned in the savage beating of Diane. With detectives baffled how a young boy knew too much, it opened a doorway to his future as a fortune teller with a darkened background.
"You must be afraid of what you can do."
What happens when you can see the future in such shocking clarity? Every horrific event to those closest to you, and be powerless to make them believe in the visions and dreams you see? For fifteen year old David Steiner this would be the reality to be faced as he's constantly plagued with the dreams of things impossible to really be true. Starting at a very young age, his dreams haunted him but more so the silence that came with his ability to see. Told by both his mother and his grandmother to never speak of the things his dreams show him, he locked them away until at fifteen something horrific happened that forced the world to see and understand the things only he could witness and predict. As his visions grew stronger and more detailed, it became harder to keep the truth isolated just to himself. When he saw the local village Baker deceased in a coffin in town, he didn't truly understand the scope of his powers before two days later the man suffered a fatal heart attack and passed away. Frightened by his own abilities, he couldn't resist spying in on the gorgeous Diane Jones, who routinely left her curtains open while she stripped. When David and his friends chose a night to peek, they never expected the attack that Buzzy encountered. Grabbed by his throat before a branch was smashed into his head, it's a miracle he survived the attack and stumbled into his friends and the safety of the Jones's house. When authorities were called to the scene, they believed it was a case of rough housing between teenage boys, until the discovery of the footprints we're discovered. Unconvinced by David's dreams and warnings, they believed the boys were the ones who were spooking themselves.
“Go back, Gypsy eyes,” she whispered. “Go back to the living, but remember, you mustn’t think you can do too much, and you mustn’t be afraid of what you can do. Promise me. Promise me. Promise me…” Her voice trailed off.
Ted Davis was the boyfriend of Diane and saw an opportunity to capitalize on David's abilities rather early on. Invited to the parties, the friendship circles, the elite status with the seniors left him on a high point as he used his ability to foresee to win card bets and money bets. As he continued falling for Diane and the beauty she possessed, he would meet his fall from grace when he began spewing information of unfortunate tragedies. Seeing into the future one of the girls bleeding heavily in a bathroom, it effectively locked him from the new friends he made. Crawling back to his original group, he felt like an outsider and he wanted desperately to be heard and understood. After his grandmother passed away from a heart attack he couldn't predict, he was haunted by the dreams he did see including the brutal kidnapping, rape and murder of Diane. The night before the incident, he came to help her study for finals. As he panicked over a shadow in the woods behind her back she sent him away, horrified to hear the graphic assault to come. Warned by Ted to keep far away from her, it was that night as she walked home from studying with a friend that she was kidnapped and killed. Using what he remembered from the dreams he lead detectives to the sight of the killing and to the pond where her body was tied with fishing line and submerged. Finding the bag he put over her head, it lead him through a projection to the doorstep of Peter Sills who haunted him for weeks. Home with a sickly wife, Betty Sills was soon discovered in an ice chest, deceased from a fatal wound to the chest. Reliving the memories of the killer, be knew the rage he felt towards his wife that he envisioned in the savage beating of Diane. With detectives baffled how a young boy knew too much, it opened a doorway to his future as a fortune teller with a darkened background.
"You must be afraid of what you can do."
June 29, 2019
An average book
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