The Book of Fate

Kelraz Bladesinger · 04-26-2008

Wow, this book is pretty amazing. I've been captivated by it. This guy just wrote a graphic novel I really enjoyed (Identity Crisis, in the DC Comics universe) and was talking about this book on the radio when I picked it up. Yesterday and today sitting around doing live shots for the draft and generally being bored I managed to tear through 500 pages of it so far. I highly recommend it.

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Wes Holloway, a hotshot presidential aide, is wounded in an assassination attempt that kills the president's close friend. Eight years later, the dead man reappears, disfigured but very much alive and apparently stalking the former president. Wes thinks he can figure out what's going on, but to do so he must decipher a two-century-old code and penetrate the secrets of Masonic history. From his first novel, The Tenth Justice (1997), through his sixth, Identity Crisis (2005), Meltzer has served up exciting thrillers that take readers behind the scenes of American politics. The pattern doesn't change this time. Like the television series The West Wing, Meltzer's novels focus on the political people the public never sees and tells the stories we never hear. He could be accused here of jumping on the Da Vinci Code bandwagon, but that wouldn't really be fair. He's too good a writer to waste his time imitating someone else's work, and this novel is much more skillfully written--and far more plausible--than Dan Brown's tedious best-seller. The characters are genuine human beings--not all that common in the world of high-concept thrillers--and the plot fluidly integrates historical fact and fiction, which is even less common. Fans of thrillers that reach far back into history will be, well, . . . thrilled. David Pitt

http://www.amazon.com/Book-Fate-Brad.../dp/0446530999

Bylimet Spiritwalker · 04-27-2008

Sounds like an interesting read. Will put on my list to pick up.

Have you read any of his previous works? That quote makes it sound like it might be good to read in the order of writing, or is there no connection as far as characters or such between the books?

Kelraz Bladesinger · 04-27-2008

I'm not sure, I never read any other works either ... but I will soon.

*edit* Just checked today in the store, none of them have reoccurring characters.

ainwein · 05-03-2008

I've read all of Meltzer's stuff. This book is good!

Bylimet Spiritwalker · 08-20-2008

This was a great recommendation, and I have to say thanks. It was a great story and a fast read, due to the quick pace of the writing and the way you get hooked and don't want to put it down.

I will have to take a look at some of his other stuff now.

Kelraz Bladesinger · 08-20-2008

I'm working my way through his newest one. Not sure if I like it as much, but its still pretty good. Glad you liked it

04-27-2008	#2
Bylimet Spiritwalker Grey-haired gamer Joined: Jul 2003 Location: Minnesota Party: Independent Posts: 5,400 vCash: 0	Re: The Book of Fate Sounds like an interesting read. Will put on my list to pick up. Have you read any of his previous works? That quote makes it sound like it might be good to read in the order of writing, or is there no connection as far as characters or such between the books? __________________ Live like it matters!

04-27-2008	#3
Kelraz Bladesinger Decaying Deity of Misconceptions Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 4,213 vCash: 25	Re: The Book of Fate I'm not sure, I never read any other works either ... but I will soon. edit Just checked today in the store, none of them have reoccurring characters. Last edited by Kelraz Bladesinger; 04-28-2008 at 08:48 PM..

05-03-2008	#4
ainwein He Hate Me Joined: Feb 2002 Location: District of Columbia Party: Democrat Posts: 1,469 vCash: 1000	Re: The Book of Fate I've read all of Meltzer's stuff. This book is good! __________________ Maestro of <Rest in Peace> - Ayonae Ro 80 Dirge of <Prism> - Everfrost 60 Druid of Elune - Sold! 60 Priest of Anetheron - Banned! 80 Druid of Maelstrom - Sold!

08-20-2008	#5
Bylimet Spiritwalker Grey-haired gamer Joined: Jul 2003 Location: Minnesota Party: Independent Posts: 5,400 vCash: 0	Re: The Book of Fate This was a great recommendation, and I have to say thanks. It was a great story and a fast read, due to the quick pace of the writing and the way you get hooked and don't want to put it down. I will have to take a look at some of his other stuff now. __________________ Live like it matters!

08-20-2008	#6
Kelraz Bladesinger Decaying Deity of Misconceptions Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 4,213 vCash: 25	Re: The Book of Fate I'm working my way through his newest one. Not sure if I like it as much, but its still pretty good. Glad you liked it

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