The Fury (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: John Farris
- First Published: 1976
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Science fiction—extrasensory powers
- Time of Work: 1972-1976
- Setting: New York, New Jersey, Virginia, and Maryland
- Genres: Long fiction, Science fiction
- Subjects: Virginia, 1970’s, Children, New York, North America or North Americans, Northeast, U.S., United States or Americans, Extrasensory perception or powers, New Jersey, Influenza, Maryland
- Locales: Virginia, New York, Maryland, New Jersey
The Plot
The Fury combines horror and science fiction with the conventions of the suspense-thriller genre. Teenagers with psychic powers become pawns in power struggles carried out at the highest levels of government, meanwhile causing rampant destruction to those around them.
Fourteen-year-old Gillian Bellaver, daughter of an incredibly wealthy and socially prominent family, has a vision of a murdered man while ice skating, and she faints. A virulent case of flu causes her to be hospitalized, and high fever brings her latent psychic abilities to the surface. By...
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