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Posted by lantzn (Member # 7962) on :

Hello I'm new here. Getting ready to read Giant and just re-read EG and the first three Shadow books again.

My sons really like the OSC series. Years ago I read a book about a fellow who falls from a skyscraper while working and isn't harmed. He goes on to become what was believed to be the second messiah from what I recall. I'm trying to remember the title and hopefully get the author's name. I believe the book had Second Son in the title but all library and bookstore searches don't bring anything up that sounds right.
Does anyone here know of what book I type of?

[ May 05, 2005, 08:04 PM: Message edited by: lantzn ]

Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :

Seventh Son, dear.

Posted by Lupus (Member # 6516) on :

I think he is talking about something else...Alvin never tumbled from a skyscraper.

Posted by lantzn (Member # 7962) on :

I really wasn't science fiction just fiction. It took place in our day on Earth. The politicians and the Vatican were all involved in the story.

Posted by Lupus (Member # 6516) on :

well, The crow was chucked out of his apartment window and killed...but came back and fought bad guys. Though, I don't think that is what you are looking for.

Posted by HesterGray (Member # 7384) on :

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0380 455676/ref=cm_aya_asin.title/102-8548618-0176902?%5Fencoding=UTF8&v=glance

Was it this one? The Second Son by Charles Sailor. It doesn't have a synopsis, so I'm not sure.

Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :

I read the reviews on that link, and it sounds like it could be the same book.

Posted by Eruve Nandiriel (Member # 5677) on :

He didn't fall from a skyscraper. I believe he was helping to build a church, and fell from the roof-beam.

Edit: If you were talking about "Seventh Son", that is.

[ May 05, 2005, 11:25 PM: Message edited by: Eruve Nandiriel ]

Posted by Alcon (Member # 6645) on :

He wasn't, I don't think.

Posted by Kayla (Member # 2403) on :

The ridgebeam fell on him. He didn't fall from it. Peggy split it, though, right? It was the millstone that she split and he mended because the family needed it so badly. Or am I remembering this all wrong?

Posted by Stray (Member # 4056) on :

No, you're remembering right. Peggy split both the ridgebeam and the millstone when they fell on him, but Alvin mended the millstone and let it fall on him anyway, because the family had worked so hard to get it and needed it so badly.

Posted by Kayla (Member # 2403) on :

I think it is the Charles Sailor book that you are looking for. I saw a review of the book that said, "This does sound like the basis for Unbreakable but without the connection to the church and the state."

http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/701106/book_The-Second-Son-Charles-Sailor

http://dogbert.abebooks.com/abe/BookSearch?AID=8244485&Go.x=10&Go.y=5&PID=1113676&an=Charles%20Sailor&ph=2&sn=&tn=The%20Second%20Son

Ooh, yep. That is definately the book. From the cover. . .

quote:
In an heroic effort to rescue a fellow iron worker, Joseph turner fell 24 stories to the pavement below.

The world was not prepared for what happened next. . .

http://www.lesleyannemcleod.homestead.com/Untitled2.html

Posted by Kayla (Member # 2403) on :

And thanks, Stray. [Smile]

Posted by lantzn (Member # 7962) on :

That's the book! Thanks. If you look at the closeup of the book cover you'll see him falling from the skyscraper in the lower right hand picture. This is a great book.

Posted by Eruve Nandiriel (Member # 5677) on :

quote:
The ridgebeam fell on him. He didn't fall from it.

Ah yes, that's right. It's been so long since I read it. I still haven't read Crystal City, either. [Frown]