![]() ![]() The novel hinges on one vital difference between the two men. There’s some interesting parallels between Saracen, a shadowy agent with multiple identities who will stop at nothing to ensure his mission is completed and Pilgrim, a shadowy agent with multiple identities who will stop at nothing to ensure his mission is completed. This turns out to be a simple ‘can we catch the villain before his dastardly plan can be put into action?’ read. Hunting the perpetrator, whilst the full horror of his crime continued to unwind. This would have been an interesting direction to take. From the marketing of my proof copy, and a few things implied in the opening chapters, I had thought the novel would attempt to deal with the aftermath of an all-out biological attack. The central story revolves around a member of the USA secret service hunting a lone terrorist hell-bent on releasing a lethal variant of the smallpox vaccine in mainland America. ‘I am Pilgrim’ wasn’t quite what I expected. There are some good things about this book but I found it fatally flawed.Ī caveat before I explain why. ![]() Currently clocking in at around 700, chopping it in half would leave scope for a good story, but remove the arresting but far from essential window dressing. ‘I am Pilgrim’ is a book that’s about 350 pages too long. ![]()
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