Healer, F. Paul Wilson
Healer, F. Paul Wilson
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Healer
A Novel of the LaNague Federation

Author: F. Paul Wilson

Narrator: Greg Tremblay

Unabridged: 6 hr 46 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/07/2020

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction


Synopsis

Steven Dalt should have died in that cave on the planet Kwashi. After all, as the natives say, of a thousand people attacked by the cave-dwelling alaret, nine-hundred-and-ninety-nine will die. Dalt survives, but not without personal cost: he has picked up a passenger: an alien intelligence transferred itself from the alaret to take up residence in his brain. Steven Dalt will never be alone again. But Pard, as Dalt names the alien who shares his life, doesn’t believe in freeloading. He pays his rent by using cellular-level consciousness to maintain Dalt’s body in perfect health—no disease, no aging. And now Dalt appreciates the full meaning of the Kwashi natives’s saying: of a thousand struck down by an alaret, nine-hundred-and-ninety-nine will die. But the thousandth will not die … ever.Spanning twelve hundred years, Healer follows Dalt and Pard through the centuries as they become known as the Healer, an enigmatic figure with the power to cure diseases of the mind. And when a wave of interstellar slaughter threatens the civilizations of the LaNague Federation, only the Healer has the resources to face the onrushing doom.

About F. Paul Wilson

F. Paul Wilson is the New York Times bestselling author of horror, adventure, medical thrillers, science fiction, and virtually everything in between. His books include the Repairman Jack novels—including Ground Zero, The Tomb, and Fatal Error—the Adversary cycle—including The Keep—and a young adult series featuring the teenage Jack. Wilson has won the Prometheus Award, the Bram Stoker Award, the Inkpot Award from the San Diego ComiCon, and the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Horror Writers of America, among other honors. He lives in Wall, New Jersey.

About Greg Tremblay

Greg Tremblay is an award-winning audiobook narrator who has recorded more than two hundred titles. He came to narration directly from an undergraduate background in theater and computer science and brings a passion for educational nonfiction and character-intensive fiction to his work. Born in Portland, Maine, he currently resides with his family and a slowly rotating menagerie of animals in the Finger Lakes region of New York.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Kristin on August 31, 2011

I'm not usually a Science Fiction girl but for some reason I really connected with the main character. There was little enough detail about technology that the story is timeless.......more

Goodreads review by Alien on November 23, 2024

999 von 1000 Menschen sterben angeblich, wenn sie sich den Parasit einfangen, doch Föderations-Agent Steven Dalt überlebt nicht nur, sondern aus dem Parasiten wird sogar ein Symbiont. Er entwickelt ein eigenes Bewusstsein und kann ihren gemeinsamen Körper nicht nur verbessern, sondern unsterblich ma......more

Goodreads review by Lance on June 15, 2008

For some reason, this book has always stuck in my head, long after reading it......more

Goodreads review by Ben on June 05, 2024

honestly. really fun story. entertaining read......more

Goodreads review by Kevin on December 20, 2017

First read this in paperback, decades ago. So glad to be able to re-read in electronic form. First novel, yes. Author notes flaws, yes. Still ... Great concepts (both the LaNague Federation and the Healer), execution is solidly good. For me, I just love it. Recommended.......more


Quotes

“A fascinating yarn.” The Hartford Courant

Healer is a well-plotted, well-paced, well-told novel…[It] should be of particular interest to the Heinleinian reader.” Future Retrospective

“Highly enjoyable and meaningful…This book is for people looking for new ideas and new points of view.” SF Booklog