This is my first time reading a book by Sam Bourne. It is in a similar genre like Da Vinci Code. It is obviously fiction. Yet it was written in a believable prose.
I know very little about Jewish culture. Perhaps that is why it is interesting for me to read about the orthodox Jews in Crown Heights, New York city in the book. Many years ago I visited a Mennonite family in Virginia. It was eye opening to see a small community who were not dependent on any council, not for water supply, nor for electricity, nor for education. The men were dressed in an old fashion way. The women were conservative and pious. Both groups are religious. Both are in the world but not of the world.
For those who attend Sunday School or read the Bible, the story of destruction of Sodom would not be new. For want of ten righteous men, the city was covered in volcanic ash. It is therefore not totally far fetched to imagine that our world is kept alive because at any one time, there are at least 36 righteous men living somewhere in the world. Should any fanatics locate the 36 and kill them off withing a short span of time, perhaps it would bring about the end of the world!
Like Da Vinci Code, a guy (journalist) and a girl (former resident of Crown Heights) run around, had their lives threaten many times and ultimately saved the day. Many lives were sacrificed but then millions were saved at the end. The book was given to me. I enjoyed reading it. There is no point in keeping it as I probably will not read it a second time.
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