Review: A Perfect Society?
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 16, 2011
The Father's ChildBy Mark AdairCopyright 2010 by Mark AdairKindle ASIN B004DCB3W0The Father's Child is an interesting foray into the land of kidnapping, mind control and world domination. The beginning is a bit slow, laying the foundation for the rest of the story but if you continue through the story it will all be worth it in the end.The storyline for The Father's Child is interesting, and in today's day and age feasible. It is easy to suspend belief and enter into the realm of the story.The Father's Child has a lot going for it. It has some great action scenes near the end, and a complex and evolving storyline that really draws you in. You can absolutely picture the situation happening. You can believe in the backdrop of a long-standing clandestine society spending hundreds of years moving toward their solution of how to solve all of the world's problems. You know there are people out there for whom the end justifies the means. You know there are societies that would love to dominate the world. You know there are groups that think their solutions are the only way to bring about a better world. You are so drawn into the story because of this that even the twists and turns along the way make perfect sense as they arise. The story will absolutely keep you reading.There are a few spots where the difference in time frame references from one character's experience to the other character's experience can throw you off, but you'll quickly adjust to the difference in time between the events in the character John's timeline and those in the character Paul's timeline. John and Paul are the two point of view characters in the story and Adair does an admirable job of switching between the characters in a clean, neat fashion.Overall I found The Father's Child to be an enjoyable read. I felt the tension in the story could have been better developed, but that didn't stop me from enjoying the story itself and the underlying premise it was established on. I found it really interesting and if you like a mystery with a psychological and technological twist I think you'll enjoy it too.