Review: Rejoice, fans of conspiracy theories and contemporary religious thrillers!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 10 7, 2013
The Eleventh Hour is a historical thriller in the same vein as Dan Brown's novels. Our protagonist, an archaeologist by the name of Sophia Conrad, uncovers an artifact that threatens to shake up organized religion. Here's the shocker (not a spoiler) - this artifact is a diary kept by none other than Jesus Christ himself.The book is an interesting take on the historical thriller. It's something like a "found film" (those movies where you're watching a video that was left behind by someone else, like "Paranormal Activity"), except the book, of course, deals with the discovery of an ancient text imbued with the mystique of Abrahamic religion.There were some spots where the demands on the reader to suspend disbelief were a bit over the top. This can be overlooked, because all in all this is a work of revisionist history fiction. Moreover, the story's elements dovetail together nicely into a well-paced story.All told, it's a good read that moves along at a brisk clip. Definitely a good choice for fans of conspiracy theories and contemporary religious thrillers.