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A peculiar combination, you may think? I agree. But this is a great story that may not have worked in the hands of any other author.
The title also cleverly subverts the reader's expectation in the book, because ultimately it is revealed that David is the one who dies. Unfortunately this twist does not make it into the movie. If you’re involving this using the movie? The film is basically a completely different animal; if you’re given the option, read the book first, see the motion picture second.
JASON "DAVID WONG" PARGIN
I’m not. I was born in [Undisclosed]. I had the name changed. Thought it would make me harder to find.” I half closed my eyes, my mind flooding with images of the 103 billion humans who have been born since the species appeared. A sea of people living, dying and multiplying like cells in a single organism. I squeezed my eyes shut, trying to clear my mind by focusing on a mental image of the waitress’s boobs. Another sweltering month in Charlotte, another boatload of mysteries past and present for overworked, overstressed forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan.
Korrok: Believed to be an evil deity worshiped by several different cultures in human history, Korrok serves as the novel's major antagonist, with many of the demons encountered by David and John throughout the novel acting as his servants. Korrok is depicted in many ways, both physical and metaphorical. Brown, Todd (October 22, 2010). "Don Coscarelli's Latest Revealed As John Dies at the End". Twitch Film . Retrieved January 12, 2011.Forget about solving all these crimes; the signal triumph here is (spoiler) the heroine’s survival.