- Science fiction, Fiction, Armageddon, Horror fiction
An ancient evil roams the desolate landscape of an America ravaged by nuclear war. He is the Man with the Scarlet Eye, a malevolent force that feeds on the dark desires of the countless followers he has gathered into his service. His only desire is to find a special child named Swan -- and destroy her. But those who would protect the girl are determined to fight for what is left of the worldŠand their souls. In a wasteland born of rage, populated by monstrous creatures and marauding armies, the last survivors on earth have been drawn into the final battle between good and evil that will decide the fate of humanity....
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Epic, grave, earnest and classical in form.
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- earnestironic
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- Author
- Robert R. McCammon
- First published
- 1978
- Pages
- 956
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster, Pocket Books, Sphere Books
- Editions
- 12
- Language
- und, English
- ISBN
- 9780751501964
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“Once upon a time we had a love affair with fire, the president of the United States thought as the match that he'd just struck to light his pipe flared beneath his fingers.”
Robert Rick McCammon (born July 17, 1952) is an American novelist from Birmingham, Alabama. One of the influential names in the late 1970s–early 1990s American horror literature boom, by 1991 McCammon had three New York Times bestsellers (*The Wolf's Hour*, *Stinger*, and *Swan Song*) and around 5 million books in print. **Source**: [Robert R. McCammon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_R._McCammon) on Wikipedia.
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