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Guardian
Author: John Saul
"All the right scares in all the right places." The Seattle Times — A telephone rings in the dead of night with shocking news for single mother MaryAnne Carpenter: her friends the Wilkensons are suddenly, inexplicably dead, their only child, Joey, a sad and silent adolescent and MaryAnne's godchild, abruptly orphaned. But as MaryAnne rushes with ...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780449908624
ISBN-10: 0449908623
Publication Date: 7/7/1993
Pages: 390
Rating:
  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
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4 stars, based on 21 ratings
Publisher: Fawcett
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback, Audio Cassette, Audio CD
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reviewed Guardian on + 21 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
A strange combination of science fiction and horror. A good novel. It ended too soon.
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Alone in the howling winter MaryAnne must guard her children against an unseen, insatiable killer. A killer who is closer than she thinks. Now she begins to know the true meaning of terror.

What can i say except you have to love john saul. Unbelievable plot and character twists and turns that keep you up to the wee hours of the morning.
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Helpful Score: 1
I was intrigued by this book from the very first page until the last, although I thought the ending was a bit dragged out and some parts seemed repetitive. My imagination went wild with this story and I had a hard time putting the book down so I not only lost a night of sleep reading but also a night remembering...
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ditter avatar reviewed Guardian on + 16 more book reviews
I just finished this and I loved it! Once I started it was really hard to put down.I would highly recommend to any one who likes nail biting suspense!!
court1174 avatar reviewed Guardian on + 7 more book reviews
I like scary stuff, so for me this was great. And as usual half way thru I thought I knew what was going to happen, but I didnt expect this ending. Great Book, hard for me to put down!!!
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A horse abruptly lashes out and kills Ted Wilkenson, his grieving widow walks a wilderness trail and falls to her death. MaryAnne Carpenter, newly separated and struggling to raise her two children alone, has rushed to embrace her orphaned godchild. Soo she will begin to realize that Joey Wilkenson harbors secrets beyond her most nightmarish imaginings and her tender feelings for him turn to fear.
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Most excellent audio cassette. Captivating!


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