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The Spear

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The Spear is a 1978 thriller novel by James Herbert. It follows a neo-Nazi cult in Britain working with an international conspiracy that includes a right wing American general and an unscrupulous arms dealer, whose shared goal is to use occult rituals built around the Holy Lance to resurrect Heinrich Himmler. The novel draws on themes of Nazi occultism throughout its conspiracy plot. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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General 1
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English 1
Composed, From (Year)
from 1978 1
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James Herbert, Authors
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1. The Spear (novel) (Wikipedia)
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    The Spear is a 1978 novel by British author James Herbert dealing with Nazi occultism and the Holy Lance.
  • Authored By: James Herbert, Infobox, author field
    Author: James Herbert
  • In Genre: The Novel, Lead section
    The Spear is a 1978 novel by British author James Herbert dealing with Nazi occultism and the Holy Lance.
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