Loved this! I hope to read more by this same author soon. ( )

One of this excellent, talented author's very best still to this day. Read it 3 times, will likely read it again. ( )

Alan Bulmer is a caring, dedicated family physician when one day he touches a dying man who some how transmits to him the ability to heal anyone's ailment with a touch. This power is not constantly with him, but comes and goes. He has about an hour twice a day during which he can heal. Of course, patients who are healed realize that something miraculous has happened--especially patients with longstanding incurable conditions. The word spreads and Alan is soon unable to maintain his regular practice. Once it hits the press and he doesn't deny it, his wife, most of his friends & colleagues, as well as the hospital board all wonder what's going on and come to believe that he's delusional.

This story is set in the same fictional world in which Wilson's "Repairman Jack" character operates and will be especially welcomed by fans of that series, but it certainly stands alone as a great story with elements of both horror and sci-fi. A page-turner. ( )

I liked this book, even though it was predictable. Not one of my favorites and I'm not sure how it fits with the rest of the Adversary Cycle, but it was a neat story. ( )

A doctor is grasped by a man thought to be deranged, while the doctor was making his rounds at the hospital. He feels a shock and soon finds that when he touches people who are ill, they are miraculously healed.

Dr. Alan Bulmer is an old time family physician who enjoys the personal touch and feels that getting to know his patients helps in the healing process.

When he notices this ability to heal by touch, he tries to downplay it but word spreads and soon his home and office are bombarded by people wanting to be cured. He can only use this ability for a few hours each day and when someone asks to be healed and it's not in the time that his power is working, some of the people become enraged.

His marriage is affected and only a few people stand by him as some call him a charlatan pretending to be a faith healer.

What a wonderful premise for people who are incurable to have a sudden and complete cure so that they get a second chance at life.

This is a heart worming book where the author builds suspense nicely and spices his story with a number of very unique characters.

The ending is somewhat predictable but nevertheless, "The Touch," is a good read that won't be forgotten. ( )