Death's Disciples

by J. Robert King

A very up-to-the-minute novel with the taboo-busting confidence of modern horror's finest, delivered with the blissful pace of a techno-thriller...SHE THOUGHT SHE WAS DEAD. When she woke up in the hospital, she could barely remember getting on the flight, let alone the terrorist bomb of which she was the only survivor. But she can hear the voices in her head, for they are the spirits of the dead passengers. They cannot rest until they have delivered their terrifying the terrorists know she survived. And they're coming for her!Fle Horror [ Explosions | The FBI Lie | Voices Of The Dead | The Anti-Christ ]

Genres: Horror, Fantasy

325 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2010

Reviews

[Tanya · Rating 3 out of 5]

A great beginning at first then it becomes more and more unbelievable. How did her brother not know what she was doing while he lived in the same house, and interacted with the death disciples on a regular basis. Then it seemed so easy for her to get into highly secured areas even though the people she was switching to were dead. Also the ending was a disappointment.

[Michelle Plass · Rating 2 out of 5]

I wanted to like it. It had a really interesting plot that had a lot of potential. But not only did the plot become more and more unbelieveable, but the characters were also unbelieveable.

[Brad · Rating 1 out of 5]

Started out cool but then became lame.

[Stephen Hayes · Rating 3 out of 5]

Magic realism novel that reminds me a bit of The Satanic Verses -- the protagonist survives an aeroplane crash only to find herself involved in a satanic plot, and the plot becomes more and more involved. Magic realism, I won't say it's at its best, but it is magic realism.

If you are a big fan of magic realism you might enjoy this book, but there are better books in the genre.

[Matthew · Rating 2 out of 5]

I enjoy reading books from Angry Robot when I want an escape. I know I can't take them too seriously, but overall, I have enjoyed most of the books from this banner for the most part.

What I don't enjoy is when the story does a complete 180 halfway through, throwing almost everything we have already learned and established out the window, and making characters we were rooting for into characters we despise.

Disappointed.

[Dawson Testerman · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good plot, not so good ending.

[Wendy Bocock · Rating 1 out of 5]

Did not like. Heroine was actually evil, and ending with hero was ambiguous (or else I didn't get it).

[Linda · Rating 3 out of 5]

Weird, slightly interesting at first. Totally messed up at the end.

[Angela Butler · Rating 3 out of 5]

I have to agree with most of the reviews left for this book so far. The first half of the book was excellent. It seemed well put together, fluid, consistent, semi-believable. Then it got weird and harder to believe. It was almost as if two different authors or minds were writing this book. Maybe it was the editing job...almost as if the stories were spliced together. The FBI agent went from believable and true as a character to something out of context and inconsistent to what he developed the character to be at the onset. The book was worth the time but given the volume of books I have to read, I probably wouldn't add King to my list of authors to buy again. :(

[Mark Knight · Rating 1 out of 5]

I was given this and Angel of Death, I read this first. I might not read the other.
This book started with a strong premise and point of view, which is soon abandoned. The internal logic of the story is flawed, Characters commence well but do not develop in any organised fashion. The plot staggers like a young drunk, slamming into everything in sight, an occasionally apology, and a number of embarrassed passers by not at all amused, in it's wake.
The titular disciples are a mess, the arc of the characters un-motivated, and the resolution ham fisted.
The novel reads like the start of a good story that then was rushed to a conclusion to meet a requisite deadline.

[Scott · Rating 3 out of 5]

Full of twists and turns, this is high concept, thrilling stuff. It kept me turning the pages and managed to take the story to places I would never have imagined from the first few chapters. Being as unexpected as this plot is can only be a good thing - just the kind of book I'd expect from Angry Robot, by which I mean very good but very hard to categorise.

[Karen Desmond · Rating 3 out of 5]

This wasn't quite what I expected. Seemed to start as one story and then become something else. Definitely preferred the first half.

[Karen · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a difficult book to rate parts were brilliant and some surreal. A interesting premise. I felt sorry for susan gardener for what she was, what she became and who she could have been.