The Cold One

By Christopher Pike

Book Overview

Peter James, "good news" journalist working on his first hard news story, has just met Julie Moore, graduate student in Near Death Experiences. Jerry Washington, ex-gangbanger, has fallen in love with... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812512456
• ISBN13: 9780812512458
• Release Date: December 1995
• Publisher: Tor Books
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 0.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 4.2" x 6.7"

Customer Reviews

Great Book-Where is the Sequel?

I am a tremendous fan of Christopher Pike. However, I must say that it is unfair to begin a story, get the reader very interested and then not finish the story. It has been 10 years since this was published. Where is the sequel that was promised at the end of this book? I love a good story and I would love to know how this story ends...it would be dissapointing if it never does. I must admit that this book is still well worth reading even without the resolution that the sequel would provide.

Absolutely great!!!

This is one of Christopher Pike's best books ever and an awesome horror story. The Cold One is an evil entity, a great and ancient evil which returns to the present times in order to seek world domination. Enter Peter Jacobs, who is a columnist from the Los Angeles Times, who starts to investigate a series of macabre murders. Enter Julie Moore who studies and follows near-death experiences. Enter Govinda Sharma, a Hindu, who is driven from his homeland towards West, following Rak, a 5000-year old humanoid, who is also heading West. All of these characters are destined to meet and face the evil of the Cold One and try to stop it. Haunting and evil, full of twists and great characters, this book is a true horror novel.

So super... in search of sequel

This book is amazing. I have read it and reread it many times. All the twists and turns, the plot line is spectacular. I have never read such a great book before. Absolutely my favorite, even compared to all the Harry Potter books. I have been searching and searching for the longest time for the sequel, The Cold One II: The Seedling. Does any one know about this? Where can i find it... i am so desperate! I really really want to know what else happens.. i hate being left out, when you know there is more. If anyone can help... please email me!

THE book to own!

I own over 40 of Pike's books, not including the Spooksville series, and I have to say that this is one of my absolute favorites! Mr.Pike took mystery, some violence, conflict, developed characters, and an excellent plot, and ended up with The Cold One. I've never read anything like it before in my entire life, and I have read a lot of books. It keeps you guessing about how it's going to end throughout. The Cold One has a great beginning, middle, and end. This is an excellent book, and I recommend it to anyone over the age of around 13, because there is some gore. The ending leaves you satisfied about the mystery of The Cold One, but desperate to find out what happens is The Cold One 2: Seedling. Definetely a book to own.

Pike Does it Again!

Christopher Pike is one of the few authors that I buy automatically when I see his books in the stores. And this one did not disappoint me at all. "The Cold One" is a wonderfully-written book that captivates the reader by the middle of page 1. The way that Mr. Pike weaves a story around his many characters and storylines is nothing short of superb. "The Cold One" ventures into the land of horror, mixed with science-fiction and suspense. I am extremely pleased that Mr. Pike decided to commence writing for adults as well as for young adults, for his young adult books are treasured in my bookcase as "favourites". If you have not yet purchased "The Cold One", then please do so immediately, for this is a life-changing novel, a novel of intense emotion and suspense. This is right up there among the best of Stephen King and Dean Koontz.