Product Description

This is 1 of 6 original X-Files novels re-issued to tie-in with the brand new X-Files movie, "X-Files: Goblins", which is a thrilling never-seen-on-TV X-Files story, now with a sleek new cover and bonus behind the scenes material on the TV series and film.A brand-new X-File is opened...FBI agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully, investigators of strange and inexplicable cases known as the X-Files, are called upon to examine another eerie unsolved mystery plaguing modern America. It's the kind of case the Bureau wants handled quietly, but quickly, before the public finds out what's really out there. And panics. The kind of case filed under "X".

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #364519 in Books
• Published on: 2008-06-27
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 288 pages

About the Author
Charles Grant is the author of the New York Times bestselling X-Files novels Goblins and Whirlwind, and is also the creator of the acclaimed Black Oak series.

Customer Reviews

Good story
I had this book on my shelf for at least 2 years before I picked it up, and I was very pleasantly surprised by it. I expected the writing to be average, but it was indeed very well written, with a gripping storyline and interesting characters (including the brilliant Mulder and Scully of course!). I'd recommend this book to anybody, and if you like the show then definately try to get your hands on this one. It's an original story and never been aired on TV.

Wonderfully new fresh x file!
This novel has a good storline following an xfile not previously known to tv viewers. New characters, intrigue and suspence are all included. Not to mention well noted interaction between the great Mulder and Scully. A must for an Xphiles, yet still a great read for everyone else.

This Whirlwind never really gets off the ground
Whirlwind is the second TV tie-in novel based on The X-Files. One can't help but compare this to the first novel, Goblins, as both books were written by Charles Grant. While Whirlwind seems more readable than Goblins, in the end Grant once again comes up a little short. His characterizations of Mulder and Scully saw improvement in this novel, but there were still bits of dialogue here and there that just didn't sound like something the agents would say. A bigger problem is found in the characterization of all the other characters, some of whose actions really aren't adequately explained in the context of the novel. The explanation behind the crimes presented here also falls short of believability.

The heart of this particular X-File involves a most unusual serial killer (indeed, I would not use the term serial killer in this context – but the back cover of the book uses it). It all started with a string of cattle mutilations, a subject even Mulder isn't very interested in. Then a local sheriff of a small New Mexico town asks for FBI help when a honeymooning man and wife are killed in the same horrible fashion, and Mulder and Scully are initially assisted on the case by an agent from the regional FBI office. The manner of death in these cases is enough to make Scully uneasy looking at the remains, as basically the victim's skin is shredded and removed from the body – possibly before death, as it happens so quickly. I should mention the fact that it is very hot in the New Mexico desert – the author certainly mentions that fact a lot. Anyway, Mulder and Scully begin the investigation, ask questions that most folks don't seem to want to answer completely, and find themselves wondering what if anything the local and extremely private Konochine Indians might have to do with the unexplained murders.

Whirlwind just didn't manage to satisfy me. The reality behind the mystery is rather fanciful, yet it also manages to come across as too pat of an answer. A more penetrating examination of the important characters – those on both sides of the law – would have helped in this regard, I feel. One character is seemingly dropped like a hot potato midway through the book, and another essential character's erratic behavior is explained away a little too easily for me. I love the X-Files, but, in my opinion, Whirlwind is really just an average novel.