In a world devastated by total nuclear war, a young girl named Swan has the power within her to reawaken the dead earth and rescue mankind from the brink of extinction. But another force walks the land--an ancient power of chaos bent on destroying every last vestige of hope: the Man with the Scarlet Eye. He rallies the armies roaming what was once America, turning them against Swan and her protectors in a final confrontation between good and evil.
"Swan Song," Robert McCammon's 1987 post-apocalyptic horror-fantasy novel has often been compared with Stephen King's "The Stand," and while there are definite similarities between the two, in the opinion of this reviewer, "Swan Song" is decidedly the better novel. McCammon's portrait of a devastated America and the survivors who emerge from the ruins--some to rebuild and others to exploit--lingers in the mind of the reader long after the final page is turned. Josh, Swan, Sister, Colonel Macklin, Roland Croninger, and a large cast of supporting characters, are wonderfully realized, and McCammon expertly weaves their storylines together, culminating in a finale that truly satisfies.
Coming in at over 900 pages, "Swan Song" is not a quick read; but the first time I read it, the story and its characters drew me in so completely that I finished it in three days. It has since become one of my all-time favorite novels, and is one of the few books I truly love.
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