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Publisher: Time Warner Audio Books
Release Date: December 1998
ISBN: 1570426392
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Format Reviewed: Abridged CD
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Genre: Fiction / SF and suspense
Reviewed: 2003
Reviewer: Brenda Weeaks
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When the Wind Blows
By James Patterson
Blair Brown (Reader)

     If you pick up When the Wind Blows expecting to read Patterson-style suspense, you are in for a big surprise. Patterson seems to be crossing over into other genres. This one reaches into science fiction and SF fans will take to When the Wind Blows as mystery readers took to Patterson’s Alex Cross series.

Veterinarian Frannie O'Neill is one of the lead characters along with FBI agent, Kit Harrison. The story takes place in Colorado. It all begins with the hunt for a little girl called Max, who was raised in a lab for a special purpose. No one else knows of her existence or the others. Soon Frannie crosses paths with the child.

     Kit comes to Colorado, ostensibly on vacation, and rents a cabin that Frannie shared with her late husband. Soon Kit becomes involved with Frannie and Max. He wants answers about how Max became what she now is – a child with wings. Frannie and Max aren’t aware of it, but Kit has his own suspicions. Max trusts no one. No one, that is, until she is injured. Then, she has to trust the one person who can help her.

     Actress Blair Brown reads When the Wind Blows. Her narration of this unusual, suspenseful science fiction is dead on.

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