03-02-2009, 03:25 PM
Try to narrow the dates down even more if you can because you still have a wide range to cover. You said you read it 20-25 years ago which would be about 1984-1989, but you also said you read it shortly after The Omen was released and that was 1976. Omen II came out in 1978 and Omen III came out in 1981. You also said it was before Stephen King's Danse Macabre was published but that was published in 1981. So, no offense, but your memory isn't too exact. If you can narrow it down even more it would help. Also, was it a new book at the time or was it already old? I found a couple old novels by that title.
There is a book by that title by Kathleen Kellow (aka Jean Plaidy). It's an older book and I don't know anything about it but looking at her other books I'd suggest you look into it. There is also a book of that title by Frederic Mullally that I'm not familiar with. It looks too old too but more importantly, it doesn't look like a lurid horror book anyway.
Are you sure it was a real novel and not a novelization of a movie? You might check a list of movies from that era too and see if there was a movie based on the book or visa versa.
There is a book by that title by Kathleen Kellow (aka Jean Plaidy). It's an older book and I don't know anything about it but looking at her other books I'd suggest you look into it. There is also a book of that title by Frederic Mullally that I'm not familiar with. It looks too old too but more importantly, it doesn't look like a lurid horror book anyway.
Are you sure it was a real novel and not a novelization of a movie? You might check a list of movies from that era too and see if there was a movie based on the book or visa versa.