The Patriots Club
by Christopher Reich
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Author: Christopher ReichEdition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2006-07-25
ISBN: 044024143X
Number of pages: 560
Publisher: Bantam
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Book Review: ANOTHER CONSPIRACY TO PONDER
Summary: 2 Stars
If you are a reader who is intrigued by "conspiracy theory" books and enjoyed David Baldacci's The Camel Club you will most likely enjoy this offering from Christopher Reich. If, however, you found the premise of Camel Club ridiculous and the plot convoluted, no doubt you will harbor the same feelings about Patriot's Club.
As Reich's Patriot's Club opens, former troubled street kid who made good, Thomas Bolden, and his girlfriend are attacked after leaving a Man of the Year award dinner and Bolden is "kidnapped". He is taken to "Guilfoyle" and questioned about his knowledge of "crown" and his involvement with Bobby Stillman. Bolden pleads ignorance in the matter, manages to escape his captors and goes to the cops with his tale. He is promptly framed for murder......forcing him to go "on the run". And that's only the tip of this iceberg.
The book itself could have been a script for the Survivor series considering Bolden's ability to "outplay", "outwit" and "outlast" his pursuers. The "multiple" conspiracies and Bolden's transformation from Wall Street wiz to super-hero possessing seeming immortality is nearly laughable.
The author's explanation about the high-powered, driven, immoral, and greedy conspirators who have targeted the protagonist is more than a bit far-fetched. You will find no middle of the road characters in this tome, and you can choose your favorite conspiracy......corporate, political, etc. It seems thatReich has abandoned character development and in turn, has asked us to abandon logic.
Summary of The Patriots Club
Thomas Bolden grew up on the streets, his childhood a blur of fragmented memories. But now he?s managed to put his past behind him, find the woman he wants to share his life with, and carve out a successful career on Wall Street. Until, in the blink of an eye, his world is turned upside down. A bizarre kidnapping sends him fleeing for his life, his face everywhere on the TV news, and a violent, shadowy organization is framing him for crimes he did not commit.Desperately trying to get back to where he was just a day before, Bolden must re-learn the survival skills of his hardscrabble boyhood. But as Bolden?with just eleven dollars in his pocket and hunters all around him?survives one violent, harrowing hour after another, he makes a series of startling discoveries: about a mysterious woman wanted for murder?about an astounding secret rooted in history, among the country?s Founding Fathers and families?about a conspiracy lurking in the darkest corners of corporate America?and a deadly plan that only he can stop. And in the process, maybe Bolden will also find out who he really is....
Furiously paced, filled with brilliantly drawn characters from politicians to patriots, from Wall Street players to battle-hardened cops, The Patriots Club is vintage Reich: brilliant, breathtaking, and impossible to put down until the final unforgettable page is turned.
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