Into the Out Of

by Alan Dean Foster

Overview

Earth is being invaded by the shetani. The potential savior is an African elder named Olkeloki who is capable of fighting evil in this world and the spirit one. But to be successful he needs the help of government agent Joshua Oak and a feisty woman named Merry Sharrow. Only these three can keep the shetani from destroying reality.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781587150487
Publisher:	Borgo Press
Publication date:	12/01/1999
Pages:	384
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.20(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

The bestselling author of more than 100 books, Alan Dean Foster is one of the most prominent writers of modern science fiction & fantasy. Born in New York City in 1946, he studied filmmaking at UCLA and first found success in 1968, when a horror magazine published one of his short stories. He is the author of the popular Pip & Flinx novels as well as dozens of film novelizations, including Transformers, Star Wars, the first three Alien films, and the story for the first Star Trek film.

Editorial Reviews

In many ways this fantasy adventure seems a follow-up to Foster's novelization of the film Alien. The monsters at loose on an unsuspecting world are grotesque gargoyles, all teeth, claws and malevolence. Standing against them is a small band with varied backgrounds: an FBI agent, a Seattle saleswoman, a wizened Maasai elder and a seven-foot Maasai warrior. The elder has recruited the two Americans to help him contain the evil shetani by closing the entrance to the ``Out Of,'' the Maasai designation for the source of all things, both earthly and demonic. During the long, slow buildup to the final confrontation (itself a letdown), readers are likely to wonder how the protagonists survive any of their encounters with these walking nightmares. Aside from the sudden, memorable bursts of violence and an interesting African travelogue, this is one of Foster's weaker books. (October 15)

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