The King of Ice Cream

By Robert Wayne McCoy

From Robert Wayne McCoy comes a debut novel of astonishing power and depth that hints of a world both beyond our own and closer to us than can possibly be imagined, and the secret of a growing... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1594141487
• ISBN13: 9781594141485
• Release Date: September 2004
• Publisher: Five Star
• Length: 438 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 1.0" x 6.0"

Customer Reviews

awesome

I loved this book. His use of imagery was spectacular. He looks at the world of the supernatural in a very tangible way. If you like supernatural thrillers then you will love this one. His writing style seems to be a cross between Frank E. Peretty and Rodger Zelazny. I look forward to being able to read the next novel Mr. McCoy comes out with.

Contemporary Religious Horror

There are forces of evil in the world. Luckily, as portraited in "The King of Ice Cream" there are forces of good that fight day and night to balance the scales. I don't want to describe the book, the reviews above seem to do a fairly good job at that! This book looks at religion, at fear, at innoculous items that could actually be lynch-pin events/foodstuffs that are more then they seem. Every day we go through life and do normal things, we pass by cigarettes on the ground, we order fast food, we laugh and joke with our friends, we have ice cream. McCoy opens the world up to say "What if what we see isn't what is going on?" Not focusing on typical "Matrix" viewpoints, that the wool has been pulled over our eyes...this book seems to say, if you WANT to look, if you WANT to be a part of it, it is THERE to be a part of. Just be prepared for the WHOLE picture, not the clean, proper, polished viewpoint of religion and a deity. With tastes of King, Zelazny and other authors this first book from McCoy is a 'clearing of the throat', perhaps rough around the edges, but his voice does shine through and warrants more books to further delve into his imagination.

This book gives a lot of thought into religion and ice cream

What if God had a private police force out in the world that battled Demons and rouge Angles? What if one's destiny could be made and determined not only by the past but through visions of the future? What if the treat you are eating could be shaping you into a weapon of demonic or biblical proportions? All of these questions, and more, are answered in this great first time novel by author Robert Wayne McCoy. Luke Yeager is part of an age-old police force known as Paladins. They are the police for the church and for God; their duty is to stop any demon or rouge Angle that is causing destruction on Earth. Mill Run, KY is a small college town that just had a new ice cream parlor open. However this parlor is not what it seems and the town populace is getting addicted to a flavor that is loved by all, strawberry. Unknown to the town, there is a fallen Angel running the ice cream parlor and he is trying to get back into God's favor by doing something that not even God himself would have ever thought possible...give Hell back to Heaven. The Paladins are trying to save the world and stop these unspeakable acts of destruction from happening. Luke wants to be a normal teen-ager but has a secret past that could haunt his future if he is not careful. A past that saw death without an answer and a future that could be dictated by an Angle or an act of Faith. Any way you look at this, one's faith will be tested to the full ability of Man as a battle is about to be fought. A battle that could reshape the way we see the world or view God. A battle that would take one small town and turn it into a battle ground of biblical proportions. A battle that will see the rise of one man's faith and the fall of another. Luke thought his college classes were tough, wait till he has to battle an Angle. McCoy's writing is very unique and distinctive but also smacks of recognition of authors such as Gaiman and Zelazny. His chapters within a chapter style of writing are a very interesting way of telling a story. Very reminiscent of another old book that many have held and read in their lives. As Jay Sherman once said, "buy this book".

strong apocalyptical thriller

When Luke Yeager returns to college in Mill Run, Kentucky, he notices changes have come to the town with two new malls, one of which houses Ice Cream Dreams. Luke senses something evil about the store and the men who run it and does his best to avoid it. People who eat the strawberry ice cream change, subtly at first, until they turn totally to embrace the dark. Luke knows these things because he is a Paladin, an order sworn to fight the demons and fallen angels that prey upon mankind. Mill Run is the place where the second fall of angels plans to make their stand, seducing most of the town into obeying them. This is a special place where the oldest cathedral in America was built; a site where the leader of the fallen angels rests and waits for his minions to do the necessary work that will awaken him so they can proceed with their plan; if successful they hope to reunite with God in heaven. From the very beginning readers know that there is something wrong with the town. Places on campus are closed to man and nobody is seen entering or leaving those closed rooms. An orange fog permeates the town but the majority of the townsfolk pay no attention to it. The smell of strawberry permeates the area, a sign of evil that is on its way. Robert Wayne McCoy has written an apocalyptical thriller that is spellbinding, enthralling and memorable, a work that uses archetypes from the Judeo-Christian system, but could just as easily used them from any religion where the forces of good and evil fight the eternal battle. Harriet Klausner