Review: A stage beyond
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 15, 2013
Goes a stage beyond the standard myths and puzzles book by merging it with some current day terrorist concerns. This makes it slightly more complex than the average for the genre, but I for one am glad it's gone that extra mile. The genre had to the large extent become very tired and repetitive with too many clones out there.This book gives a whole new take by mixing it with a multi-layered spy and conspiracy thriller reminiscent of the best of Daniel Silva or Frederick Forsyth. Lightning pace and well-fleshed out characters, but the main gem has to be Adel Al-Shaffir, the Muslim counter terrorist operative, caught between 'doing the right' thing for the security services and the nation and betraying his own people. These conflicts of interest were particularly well handled and leant the book a pathos and sensitivity rare for this genre.