- Hardcover: 288 pages
- Publisher: Minotaur Books; First Edition edition (Oct 16 2007)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0312363443
- ISBN-13: 978-0312363444
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 16.8 x 3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 476 g
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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From Publishers Weekly
Set a few years in the future, Jackson's fiction debut zeroes in on a small Montana town squeezed by economic strife and sharply curtailed civil liberties. Ben Trinity, a former English professor, hitchhikes into the hamlet of Redemption hoping to start fresh. A prime suspect in a major terrorist act, Trinity was jailed and tortured by the Homeland Security agency but never tried, and is now part of a government test program involving the release and surveillance of terrorist suspects (there are many such suspects). His presence in this small town where residents have little tolerance for anything straying from the straight and narrow, causes almost instant chaos when his cover is blown. In the aftermath, Trinity must decide whether to continue to take orders from the government, or rouse himself and try to clear his name. The futuristic mood (serious fuel shortages, microchip implantations) is uneven, but Jackson does a fine job with the alarmism and base behavior of mob mentality, and Trinity's ups and downs come through convincingly. (Oct.)
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From Booklist
Ben Trinity, stranded in tiny Redemption, Montana, isn't just another drifter whose luck ran out in a snowstorm: he's a terrorist. Or is he? Though he was imprisoned and tortured for his alleged role in a bombing, he was never tried. With Homeland Security still monitoring his every move, Trinity takes a job in a diner and tries to avoid trouble. But when a suspicious deputy digs up his past, Trinity's friends dwindle to a precious few. Jackson's novel, set in the near future, gives us a chilling glimpse of an America where the war on terror has been won—by the terrorists. And Redemption's residents are too broke and worried to think much about their vanishing civil rights. The plotting and pacing are swift and solid, and the rural setting is an inspired choice, as writers often unnecessarily equate Big Brother with big cities. If it's a bit preachy at the end—there's no need to spell out points that the story makes eloquently—this offers compulsive reading, seeming a lot less like fiction than it really should. Graff, Keir
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Written for Hollywood,
By R. Petersen (B.C. Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Redemption (Hardcover)
Redemption is about a wrongly convicted terrorist, set somewhat in the future. Ben Trinity's every move is monitored by the government (via digital implants), and he ends up in a small Montana town called Redemption. Folks around have a hard time dealing with the presence of a terrorist, most notably a town policeman, formerly married to the woman who owns the cafe where Ben is given sanctuary. Romance and violence ensue, all seemngly on cue to keep the plot moving. Every character seems to be someone you've encountered before in some other movie (the noble, abandoned mother and daughter, the gruff but kindly grandmother, the retired government subversive, the brooding, right-thinking Native-Anerican). In the end, there is a media circus and everyone, in true American form, is given their 15 minutes of fame, and justice appears as a by-product of publicity. The novel starts out strong, but then gradually seems to get lost in an effort to make itself palatable to Hollywood scriptwriters and leading actors. Too bad, because it is well-written.
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WOW! Oh so Realistic. . .,
By D. Norem "Dave Norem" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Redemption (Hardcover)
WOW! What a powerful book. I average 3 books a week, all fiction, and usuallybest selling crime fiction authors like: Michael Connelly, John Sandford, George Pellicanos, Stephen Hunter, Lee Child, etc., but I don't rave about them... This book, REDEMPTION, a first novel by author LEE JACKSON kept me spellbound until I finished it. Even though fiction, it is about what can happen to any of us, even worse - all of us, or worse yet - already happening. An innocent man is persecuted kidnapped, tortured, and destroyed by our own govenment, and then used as a guinea pig, without benefit of any kind of defense, trial, conviction, or even acknowledgement of being human. Oh so too realistic... The story centers on what happens when he is unwittingly placed in a small community in Montana. Unlike what the first reviewer said, the protagonist is flawed--a result of his persecution.
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Eerily prophetic!,
By Daniel A. Scott "Just honest!" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Redemption (Hardcover)
This book might be fiction, but it sure seems like Lee Jackson can see into the future of real America. Everyone should read this book, it's scary and probably so close to true events that go on in our country that we don't want to beleive it. Call me radical or crazy, but he hit the nail on the head with this. Our beautiful free America, if it does not change, soon and quickly, is going right down this path. Laugh now, but if we remain in the steady state of decline that we are in at the present, it won't be long before themes Jackson presents in this book start happening. I hope I'm wrong, completely wrong and our economy and "world domination" way of dealing with the rest of the world changes. But, if I'm not, then this is just a small glimpse of life, in future America.
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2.0 out of 5 stars
too perfect a protagonist,
By Zora Calder "Zee Cee" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Redemption (Mass Market Paperback)
In a near-future USA, civil rights for accused terrorists have been further eroded, and a regular Joe white guy has been convicted of the crime, tortured, and now has tracking devices implanted in him. He arrives at a small town in Montana, is angelically good to everyone, and various sinister things happen. Okay novel, but the main character is too good to be believed. I get the point, of course, that suspending constitutional rights is a bad, bad, thing, but I'd have preferred the victim to be believably flawed while the novelist made this point. Six months after reading this, I'm posting the review, and I cannot remember how the thing ended, nor do I care enough about the book to look it up.
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