From Library Journal
Endowed with the power to heal or destroy by the Roman god Mercury, Minnesota grade schooler Billy Michaels embarks on a strange lifelong journey. Spanning the early 1970s through 1999, this well-written horror novel takes Billy from childhood innocence and casual cruelty to adult greed and calculated evil. Mercury's gift to Billy is his staff, the caduceus--longtime symbol of the medical profession. Both the child Billy and later the physician William wield this serpentine instrument as one might a sorcerer's wand. A multitude of major and supporting characters, a good many subplots, plus much dark and wicked humor all contribute to the tale's success. By the author of the children's fantasy The Brave Little Toaster and several science fiction works, this lengthy adult entertainment is well suited for summer weekend reading. BOMC alternate.
- James B. Heme sath, Adams State Coll. Lib., Alamosa, Col.Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Now grown up and a doctor, Billy uses the power of the magic stick given to him as a child, to heal, to kill, and to transform the fate of the entire world. Reprint.
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