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By Wayland Smith
\n\u00a9 May 7, 2012, Blue Oranda Publishing
\nFile size: 378 KB
\n173 pages
\nASIN: B0081L54HO<\/p>\n
In My Brother\u2019s Name<\/em> starts when Gerry, an FBI agent, arrests a suspected terrorist, an arrest which sets the agent up for big-time career advancement. But before the suspect can even be tried or convicted, Gerry receives a phone call from another man who claims they arrested the wrong man, that he is the one they want, that the man in custody is his brother who knows nothing about the attacks, and that he\u2019ll turn himself in if they will let his brother go. Gerry, fearful of losing his big break and chance at promotion, denies the request and hangs up on the man. The rest of the book centers around the events that follow years later. And that\u2019s all I\u2019m gonna say about that. (No spoilers!)<\/p>\n I do like a good political thriller from time to time, and In My Brother\u2019s Name<\/em> certainly qualifies. The drama and action start early and don\u2019t let up through the whole book, except for brief periods of setup for the next round of excitement. I honestly had a hard time putting it down. The details and settings felt real, as if drawn from the author\u2019s experience, which added depth to the tale.<\/p>\n Author Wayland Smith tells the story from an omniscient narrator\u2019s point of view, so the reader sees through nearly every character\u2019s eyes at one point or another, including the bad guys. I\u2019ve seen other political thrillers written this way, so it\u2019s likely a style common to the genre. Without the novel-length, close perspective view through a single, or a few, characters, I found it a bit more difficult to fully connect with any one of them. However, I will say that I didn\u2019t much like Gerry, the character who starts this whole thing off. I\u2019m pretty sure that was the writer\u2019s intent.<\/p>\n The story is constructed in one long, continuous narrative. There are no chapter or scene breaks to hint at a change of POV or scenery, only a few headers that separate the story into time segments\u2013years earlier, the day before, etc. I\u2019ll admit it was a little confusing at times, but it did tend to drive home the non-stop, all-encompassing drama that also had no breaks or clear shifts. After I got used to it, I was able to tell when the POV shifted to another character or scene. It did pull me out of the story each time, though the intrusions were brief and not enough of an issue to stop me reading\u2014the story itself was too darned good.<\/p>\n If you like a really intense thriller, you\u2019ll want to add In My Brother\u2019s Name<\/em> to your TBR. 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