Spotlight on Michael Gruber

05/08/2010 1:00 pm
05/08/2010 2:00 pm

Best-selling thriller author Michael Gruber steps into the spotlight at 1:00 PM with The Good Son. In The Good Son, Michael uses the tale of a mother dedicated to the cause of peace, and a son trained in the art of war, to examine how culture influences our view of reality, especially  in people raised in two cultures; how melodrama arises from unexamined assumptions of cultures, and the consequences of cultural imperialism. Michael has held jobs in the Carter White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and the Environmental Protection Agency, and wrote a number of thrillers for Robert Tanenbaum before starting to write under his own name with Tropic of Night. In addition to his five previous thrillers, he also wrote the young adult novel, The Witch’s Boy.

The Good Son (Hardcover)

$26.00
ISBN-13: 9780805091281
Availability: Special Order - Subject to Availability
Published: Henry Holt and Co., 5/2010

New York Times bestselling author Michael Gruber, a member of "the elite ranks of those who can both chill the blood and challenge the mind" (The Denver Post), delivers a taut, multilayered, riveting novel of suspense

Somewhere in Pakistan, Sonia Laghari and eight fellow members of a symposium on peace are being held captive by armed terrorists. Sonia, a deeply religious woman as well as a Jungian psychologist, has become the de facto leader of the kidnapped group. While her son Theo, an ex-Delta soldier, uses his military connections to find and free the victims, Sonia tries to keep them all alive by working her way into the kidnappers' psyches and interpreting their dreams. With her knowledge of their language, her familiarity with their religion, and her Jungian training, Sonia confounds her captors with her insights and beliefs. Meanwhile, when the kidnappers decide to kill their captives, one by one, in retaliation for perceived crimes against their country, Theo races against the clock to try and save their lives.


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