WHAT MAKES THIS BOOK WORK IS THE TOTAL PLAUSIBILITY OF IT ALL.........THERE ARE CULTS JUST LIKE THIS EVERYWHERE,AND EHRLICH MAKES IT SO REALISTIC......THE ATTEMPTS AT ''DE-BRAINWASHING'' HERE ARE VERY MEMORABLE, AND THE CULTS LEADER IS CHARISMATIC,YET BANAL AT THE SAME TIME........ALSO,THE BOOK ENDS IN A VERY DOWNBEAT WAY........NICE WORK FROM MAX EHRLICH......''THE CULT'' HAS BEEN OUT OF PRINT FOR THE PAST FIFTEEN YEARS OR SO, BUT IT SHOUDNT BE TOO HARD TO FIND A USED COPY SOMEWHERE.......I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS SUSPENSEFUL,REALISTIC WORK.

I really can't believe this book got published. The writing is just as simplistic as the flow of the story. The transitions are lean and need more explanation. For example, at one point we have Peter totally enthralled with finding more about his reincarnation. Then he is ready to toss the towel and go home. The only link that connects both situations is a brief mention that he had been canvassing neighborhoods for six days, with no luck. To go from one extreme to the next, you need to ellaborate a little more!

I wouldn't be surprised if the movie happened to be better than this book!

I read this book twenty-five years ago. I enjoyed it, but have since given it away, and no longer have access to it. It is a haunting, mesmerizing tale of lost and found self. The only thing that continues to nag at my conscience is the notion of him finding his wife, and then his daughter, whom he finally has sex with. They are about the same age in this scenario, but there is something really lewd about that aspect of the story. For that reason, I wanted nothing further to do with the book, and ultimately gave it away. The movie was equally repulsive in regards to the incest element. Without that aspect, it would have been a fun read and a funner movie. I noticed in one of the above reviews, someone referred to it as non-fiction. Excuse me! Shamey Mr. Author

Whenever I visit my friends' home on a lake, I am drawn to underwater scenes from the book that have haunted me since I read it. The story is altogether gripping, puzzling, and frightening, leaving the reader with very unsettling visions and certainly with questions about reincarnation and love--or lust--whichever the reader chooses. Do we leave this world only to come back and relive our lives a bit differently, or do we go on to other things in other worlds?