The Taint
Michael Collier
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Add to basketSold by Optimon Books, Gravesend, KENT, United Kingdom
AbeBooks Seller since December 22, 2022
Condition: Used - Fair
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketTHERE ARE NO TARIFFS OR CUSTOMS DUTIES ON BOOKS. The Doctor and Sam become involved in the psychological experiments being performed by one Charles Roley on former sufferers of mental illness - he is probing the psyches of six people who believe they've been possessed by the devil.
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While the Doctor is horrified to learn the full extent of the side-effects brought into being by Roley's research, Sam heads off to experience the swinging London of her parents' youth. Instead she finds deadly danger at the hands of a sinister half-man half-robot double act whose agenda is inextricably linked to Roley's test subjects.
The idea of alien mind parasites is nice if unoriginal, and the two robotic guardian-types were also neat, but their function in the novel is unclear. The new companion character Fitz remains something of an enigma, although he does have some nice moments and some interesting defining characteristics.
There are some good ideas in The Taint, but unfortunately the writing never manages to rise above the level of competent, and the plot gets a little submerged under a surfeit of characters. It's a pity, especially after the excellence of The Janus Conjunction, Vanderdeken's Children and The Face-Eater. --David J. Howe, Amazon.co.uk
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