The God Project

I read this book back when I was about twelve years old. It has remained my all time favorite. I am just now purchasing it again so I can see if it was as good as I remember!

This is one of Saul's first departures from his tried and true small town ghost story formula, and it works on all levels. This page turner is as fresh in its ideas today as when it was first written. Saul shows he is a master of suspense in this excellent novel. While Saul can be hit or miss with his novels, this one is a direct hit.

This is one of my all time favorite books. It's my second favorite by this particular author("Creature" is my fave). The book itself is much like all of Saul's previous works(close knit family gets into trouble within a small, close knit town), however, this one seems to jump out at the reader, mainly becuase of the advances in DNA technology in the recent years. The entire book is about the DNA reconstructuring of humans in the womb, and I personally feel that this isn't too far off in the real world. A good plot becomes scarier when it can be true.

I read this book when I was sixteen back in 1986. It was my first experience with John Saul and I've been hooked on his books ever since. I have read them all but this one is by far one of my all time favorites. Saul takes you on a journey through a seemingly normal small town introducing you to a place ideal to raise young children, or so it seems. But beneath this pleasant village's facade lurks a dreadful secret. The book races along pulling the reader on an adventure into a vast conspiracy involving the innocent children. This is a definate page turner. It grips you all the way to its very twisted end. If you read ANY John Saul book, make it this one--and read it with the lights on!

If you like edge-of-your-seat thrillers, then this is the book for you! I've read almost all of John Saul's books, but this is the one that will haunt me forever! It's been probably 10 years since I first read it and I still get chills. Hardly any book has ever made me afraid to move when I'm finished, not to mention sleeping with the light on! This one did!