Rating:  Summary: A Fun Book and a Great Sequel Review: The book moves at lightning speed and is a great sequel to Farris' immortal _The Fury_. There's almost too much going on, if that's possible. Farris paints a scary portrait of what happens when the country's First Lady gets it into her head to try to take over the White House. Luckily for her, she's got the forces of MORG, a government agency devoted to developing psychic espionage, on her side. Other than a strange side trip to a community of shapeshifters and an ending that comes a bit too quickly (and easily, given the buildup), this is a very satisfying read and proves that Farris has lost none of his prodigious skill as a writer of truly thrilling thrillers.
Rating:  Summary: Disappointing Review: This book has interesting characters and sub plots but I think the overall story is weak and the good guys have it too easy. I was disappointed.
Rating:  Summary: Great sequal to The Fury Review: University of California at Shasta Biochemical major Eden Waring gives the Valedictory speech at the graduation when she envisions the plane crashing on the crowd. The plane crashes not long after her warning. Though she saved the lives of many of the participants, everyone just stares at Eden as if she is a freak.As top secret as federal agencies go, the Multiphasic Operations and Research Group known as MORG now knows that Eden has psychic abilities. MORG insists on owning Eden and her skills. They will do anything and everything to gain what they want. Eden goes on the lam as MORG sees her as rectifying the mistakes made when her now deceased biological mother escaped them (see THE FURY). John Farris returns to the realm of THE FURY with this entertaining sequel. THE FURY AND THE TERROR is filled with non-stop action, but contains a sense of humor that at times satirizes the story line and the first book, and thus never allows the science to overwhelm the plot. Readers will relish much of the cast including the Lady Macbeth like plots of the First Lady. Readers will enjoy this novel, its predecessor (and the movie) and await the next book, THE FURY AND THE POWER. Harriet Klausner
Rating:  Summary: Disturbing Implications Review: Written many months before September 11, Farris credibly outlined a sinister government scenario in this book to hoax just such a terror-attack for political purposes. If for no other reason, this semi-sequel to The Fury is worth consideration. This book would have succeeded better on its own than as a sequel to The Fury, but then it probably wouldn't have gotten as many readers, either. The continuing characters aren't really continuing characters, and their having any connection to those from the first book is frankly unimportant. In fact, it's partly a sequel to Farris' Son of the Endless Night, as well, with an odd, unnecessary, and slightly confusing diversionary little subplot concerning an Earthbound race of suggested-to-be extraterrestrials, who really deserve a separate book of their own. This isn't Farris' best book, but it is still Farris, which means it's good, and worth reading.
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