I Am Pilgrim by
Terry Hayes was a 5-star read for me. This is the kind of book that we at Men
Reading Books wait for – an international crime/terrorist fiction story with
great writing, great characters, and a binding and believable plot line. Hayes
wrote numerous screenplays, but this is his first novel, and it’s a remarkable
effort. How do a domestic murder and a jihadist plot to bring unbelievable
terror to the entire population of the U.S. tie together? The reader does not
learn the identity of the protagonist until well into the book, as the author
successfully teases that information along. He repeatedly made the most clever
use of foreshadowing that I’ve ever seen. This is a book that is in the same
rank as the works by Daniel Silva and Frederick Forsythe. I couldn’t give it a
higher compliment. The good news is that it’s a great book. The bad news is
that you’ll have to wait until late May for it’s release by Atria Books.Saturday, February 1, 2014
I Am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes
I Am Pilgrim by
Terry Hayes was a 5-star read for me. This is the kind of book that we at Men
Reading Books wait for – an international crime/terrorist fiction story with
great writing, great characters, and a binding and believable plot line. Hayes
wrote numerous screenplays, but this is his first novel, and it’s a remarkable
effort. How do a domestic murder and a jihadist plot to bring unbelievable
terror to the entire population of the U.S. tie together? The reader does not
learn the identity of the protagonist until well into the book, as the author
successfully teases that information along. He repeatedly made the most clever
use of foreshadowing that I’ve ever seen. This is a book that is in the same
rank as the works by Daniel Silva and Frederick Forsythe. I couldn’t give it a
higher compliment. The good news is that it’s a great book. The bad news is
that you’ll have to wait until late May for it’s release by Atria Books.
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I'll add my $0.02 to WCD's review. This is a first rate, big (>700 pages in print), top drawer thriller. Hayes expertly weaves multiple plot lines that span Europe, Saudi Arabia, New York, Afghanistan, and Turkey into an entirely believable, and terrifying, story that seems like it actually might happen (but pray that it doesn't). Scott (or whatever his real name is) works for the intelligence version of internal affairs, checking up on spies who have gone off the reservation, and he's pretty good at it, but longs for some normalcy. Fat chance. He gets sucked into a race to find Homeland Securities worst nightmare: a terrorist working in a cell of 1. I would say that this is terrific debut effort, but Hayes has some hefty writing creds of his own in Hollywood, notably the Mad Max series and Payback. But trust me, this will be a tough act to follow, but I do hope Hayes brings Scott back. Available in the US this May.
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