Mine

I finished this book in an night. It was fast paced but held the storyline really good so it wasn't confusing

Incredibly fast-paced thriller that will leave you turning the pages all night long. McCammon is an awesome author, usually tending more towards the traditional monsters, vampires, dead things, ghostly apparitions, and downright evil incarnations; but in `Mine', he has taken on the human monster and painted her with such ferocity that you are left wishing for something fanged and green under your bed. Mary Terrell is an overweight and aging hippie, unstable and unable to let go of her past. Not the gentle past of flowers and peace and love, but of her persona as Mary Terror, member of the radical and violent Storm Front Brigade led by her old lover, Jack Gardiner, once known as Lord Jack. Lost in the past and still dropping acid, Mary's last shred of sanity snaps when she kidnaps a baby from the hospital to take to Lord Jack, to replace the baby that was killed twenty years ago when the Storm Front was captured and disbanded. The baby Mary kidnaps is tiny David Clayborne, newborn to Laura and Doug Clayborne. Just before her delivery, Laura discovers Doug is having an affair, ripping apart her perfect life of happily-ever-after in the suburbs with a BMW. Laura is beyond desperate when David is discovered missing, and spurred into taking action on her own when the police drag their feet and Doug responds with inept mannerisms and hollow faith in the police. With only her journalist's background to rely on, Laura leaves the hospital to track down Mary Terror, still weakened from childbirth but determined to get her baby back before Mary inadvertently kills him. What we are left with is a fingernail-biting chase across three thousand miles, with close calls and near misses and horrific anxiety at every turn. `Mine' literally took my breath away, it was so gripping and tense, and I cannot recommend it highly enough. WARNING!! First chapter spoiler for the weak of heart. There is a horrifying scene in the first chapter portraying Mary's sickness, in which she tortures a baby. Relax, it's really a doll, but I almost threw the book down because of it. Keep going, the book is well worth the read.

This is a juggernaut of a novel. McCammon is one of the best authors out there and crafts a palpable nightmare out of tangable characters. Extreemly hard to put down-exciting, horrific, and suspenseful. MINE delivers the goods.

This book will take you on a trip that you have never been, and the suspense and terror is non-stop. This guy knows how to write a novel that grabs you by the groin, and not let you go. This makes Steven King and the like seem like Hansel and Gretel; the attention is fully paid to the suspense and horror as well as character development - you really feel like you know these people by the end of the novel, and you have skidmarks on you in the process! Unfortunately, RMC has retired from writing, however his legend is in print - check out all his stuff! 'Mine' is one of his absolute best suspense/terror novels - enjoy with the lights on! The first chapter is enough to make you read on...and on...

This is only the 2nd book I have read by this awesome writer and I enjoyed it immensely. It was so different than the WOLF'S HOUR but equally as good if not better. The action fans out there (such as myself), will be satisfied with this authors work because it is chock full of action aplenty! Now, its not senseless violence - each action sequence has its purpose and is skillfully done, sometimes frightingly so. This book grabbed me from the first chapter, and it didn't want to let you go. The storyline and characters are 1st rate in my opinion - and I have well over 30-years of experience in reading all genres. This guys the bomb! I have SWAN SONG and GOIN SOUTH next to read - and I can't wait!