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The Morpheus Conspiracy
When Vietnam War veteran David Collier returns to Boston from his tour of combat duty, he soon falls into hellish suffering caused by a newly discovered war-related psychological ailment known as Post-Vietnam War Syndrome.But what Collier doesn’t know is that he’s also been overtaken by The Curse of Morpheus – an ancient force for evil that was reawakened by a hideous war crime which the heroic soldier did his best to prevent. Struggling desperately against the Curse, Collier soon discovers that it gives him the power to invade other people’s nightmares via a paranormal ability known as Somnambulistic Telepathy, or “ST." Even more horrifying is the fact that whatever happens during these nightmares – including murder - also happens in reality!
463 pages, Paperback
First published September 1, 1998
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December 28, 2018
The Morpheus Conspiracy is a thriller novel that builds with nonstop suspense. The book begins with a vivid description of soldiers trudging through the mud and monsoon rains of Vietnam. When the soldiers come to a hut where a grandmother sells marijuana laced with opium, shadows flicker and enemies with masks of innocence appear, creating a terrible and unexpected event that changes lives forever. One of the soldiers returns with a curse from that fateful day, and a parade of horrors continues along the East coast of the United States.
The author successfully introduces characters and tensions in layered sub-plots of erotic romance, betrayals, psychological ruination, and acts of terror. These characters weave throughout the cursed solder's life, as each chapter is fraught with mystery and tension. At the end of the book the characters come together to reveal who they really are . . . a surprising, twisted ending!
Douglas Volk's book is impossible to put down. The writing is superb, never boring, always titillating, but never overly-sentimental or blatantly predictable. The beauty of this book is in the hidden messages and meanings, the underlying questions and riddles that move between the words, allowing readers to go on adventurous quests for answers that thrill with psychological suspense!
Note: I received a free copy of this book without the promise of a positive review.
The author successfully introduces characters and tensions in layered sub-plots of erotic romance, betrayals, psychological ruination, and acts of terror. These characters weave throughout the cursed solder's life, as each chapter is fraught with mystery and tension. At the end of the book the characters come together to reveal who they really are . . . a surprising, twisted ending!
Douglas Volk's book is impossible to put down. The writing is superb, never boring, always titillating, but never overly-sentimental or blatantly predictable. The beauty of this book is in the hidden messages and meanings, the underlying questions and riddles that move between the words, allowing readers to go on adventurous quests for answers that thrill with psychological suspense!
Note: I received a free copy of this book without the promise of a positive review.
December 2, 2019
Gripping
Volk pens an intriguing and thrilling story in The Morpheus Conspiracy. Volk allows his readers to enter into an exciting world, filled with darkness and thrills. It's a very raw and dramatic read, and it brings the reader into the directed dreaming, and the impact of such telepathy. Volk writes very well, and brings this story into a frightening and terrifying reality. It's the kind of book you have to put down, and walk away from, even if just to catch your breath before reading it again. It is a page-turner and one that you think about even when you put it down. I look forward to reading more by this author. This is a definite recommendation by Amy's Bookshelf Reviews.
Volk pens an intriguing and thrilling story in The Morpheus Conspiracy. Volk allows his readers to enter into an exciting world, filled with darkness and thrills. It's a very raw and dramatic read, and it brings the reader into the directed dreaming, and the impact of such telepathy. Volk writes very well, and brings this story into a frightening and terrifying reality. It's the kind of book you have to put down, and walk away from, even if just to catch your breath before reading it again. It is a page-turner and one that you think about even when you put it down. I look forward to reading more by this author. This is a definite recommendation by Amy's Bookshelf Reviews.
July 17, 2019
Heartwarming tale of love and terror! I loved the character development and being submersed in the horror that each dealt with! Author Douglas Volk did a beautiful job with the dream sequences and the terrifying realities of war damaged veterans. I look forward to the next book!
July 14, 2019
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December 15, 2019
Review by Bill McCloud - Vietnam Veterans of America "Books in Review"
Dec. 14, 2019
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Douglas Volk’s novel, The Morpheus Conspiracy (DanJon Publications, 470 pp. $14.99, paper; $3.99, Kindle), is a great work of terrifying horror and unrelenting suspense. As I read it, I kept waiting to see if the story was going to fall apart. It never did.
The book begins with a mysterious incident that takes place in South Vietnam in late 1970. The story then moves to Atlanta and Boston during the months of the Watergate scandal.
After coming home, the main character David Collier literally wears his Vietnam War experience on his face. Massively disfigured in a fire during the war, he grows his hair long to conceal that part of his face, except for times when he chooses to reveal it. With an eye that never closes because the lid was burned away, he is reminded of what he went through every time he looks in a mirror. And he becomes driven by feelings of betrayal.
Collier believes he was betrayed by the Army, by his nation, and by his girlfriend who ended their relationship when he came home from Vietnam. Laura Resnick has her own reasons for splitting from him, but Collier is sure it’s because of what happened to his face.
Collier dreams about getting back at her, and it turns out that he seems to have the ability to cause her to have horrendous nightmares. And not just her, because he can also enter the dreams of other people he believes have offended him and bring harm to them.
Other characters include a VA doctor and a scientist with an interest in sleep disorders. They are ultimately brought together with Collier and Resnick in a story written in such a way that you can almost see and feel four solid walls closing in on them. Though much of the story takes place in a broad and wide dreamscape, it’s ultimately a very claustrophobic tale.
The Morpheus Conspiracy can be read on a few different levels: as entertainment, as psychological drama, and as an example—though greatly exaggerated—of what the Vietnam War did to the nation and to many of us who served in it.
My favorite quote from the book is when Collier recalls a buddy who died in front of him: “He was history. He was the history of the Vietnam War.” What a great way to commemorate each death in that war. And those deaths are horror enough for this world.
This is a thrilling read and one of my favorite books of the year.
Dec. 14, 2019
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Douglas Volk’s novel, The Morpheus Conspiracy (DanJon Publications, 470 pp. $14.99, paper; $3.99, Kindle), is a great work of terrifying horror and unrelenting suspense. As I read it, I kept waiting to see if the story was going to fall apart. It never did.
The book begins with a mysterious incident that takes place in South Vietnam in late 1970. The story then moves to Atlanta and Boston during the months of the Watergate scandal.
After coming home, the main character David Collier literally wears his Vietnam War experience on his face. Massively disfigured in a fire during the war, he grows his hair long to conceal that part of his face, except for times when he chooses to reveal it. With an eye that never closes because the lid was burned away, he is reminded of what he went through every time he looks in a mirror. And he becomes driven by feelings of betrayal.
Collier believes he was betrayed by the Army, by his nation, and by his girlfriend who ended their relationship when he came home from Vietnam. Laura Resnick has her own reasons for splitting from him, but Collier is sure it’s because of what happened to his face.
Collier dreams about getting back at her, and it turns out that he seems to have the ability to cause her to have horrendous nightmares. And not just her, because he can also enter the dreams of other people he believes have offended him and bring harm to them.
Other characters include a VA doctor and a scientist with an interest in sleep disorders. They are ultimately brought together with Collier and Resnick in a story written in such a way that you can almost see and feel four solid walls closing in on them. Though much of the story takes place in a broad and wide dreamscape, it’s ultimately a very claustrophobic tale.
The Morpheus Conspiracy can be read on a few different levels: as entertainment, as psychological drama, and as an example—though greatly exaggerated—of what the Vietnam War did to the nation and to many of us who served in it.
My favorite quote from the book is when Collier recalls a buddy who died in front of him: “He was history. He was the history of the Vietnam War.” What a great way to commemorate each death in that war. And those deaths are horror enough for this world.
This is a thrilling read and one of my favorite books of the year.
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