4 member(s) found this review helpful.
It took me a while to get into this book but I stayed with it. I began to have a lot of questions - but no answers and gradually the answers came; I got hooked and had to keep going until the end - which left me with more questions. This is a story of finding the mark of Cain and Superman, but also it's about relationships and forgiveness. After saying all that, it is a good read.
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While the author notes it was a story he wanted to tell for quite some time, I wasn't as pleased with this book as his others. If you are a fan of the legal/financial thrillers of Brad Meltzer's past, this is going to be a significant change from what you are accustomed from him. It's an interesting story, just different and going into that is needed, I think, to avoid disappointment.
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I am a huge fan of Brad Meltzer and am always on the lookout for his books. That being said, I was disappointed in this book because it deviates so far from what I've grown to love about his writing. That aside, the story (while interesting enough) is told in a somewhat disjointed fashion, leaving me with many questions at the end.
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What, exactly, was the "mark of Cain" told about in the Old Testament - and how in the world did it have anything to do with Action Comics, Superman? Interesting question? I thought so....the book was an adventure and well written right up to the end. But the author, in my opinion, threw the ending away. Still a good read though.
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Fascinating book. Could not put it down.
Disappointing ending after a very good buildup.
the books ok, but i'm not crazy about it.
This is sort of a mystery, a thriller, and a 'quest' novel. They're on the trail of the world's first murder weapon...
From back cover:
In chapter four of the Bible, Cain kills Abel. It is the world's most famous murder. But the Bible is silent about one key detail; the weapon Cain used to kill his brother. That weapon is still lost to history.
In 1932, Mitchell Siegel was killed by gunshots. While mourning, his son dreamed of a bulletproof man and created the world's greatest hero: Superman. The gun used in this unsolved murder has never been found...
Until now.
Today in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Cal Harper encounters his long-missing father, who's been shot with a gun that killed Mitchell Siegel in 1932. But soon after that reunion, Cal and his father are attacked by a killer tattooed with the ancient markings of Cain. What does Cain, hsitory's greatest villain, have to do with Superman, the world's greatest hero? And what do two murders, committed thousands of years apart, have in common? What is the deadly truth?
From back cover:
In chapter four of the Bible, Cain kills Abel. It is the world's most famous murder. But the Bible is silent about one key detail; the weapon Cain used to kill his brother. That weapon is still lost to history.
In 1932, Mitchell Siegel was killed by gunshots. While mourning, his son dreamed of a bulletproof man and created the world's greatest hero: Superman. The gun used in this unsolved murder has never been found...
Until now.
Today in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Cal Harper encounters his long-missing father, who's been shot with a gun that killed Mitchell Siegel in 1932. But soon after that reunion, Cal and his father are attacked by a killer tattooed with the ancient markings of Cain. What does Cain, hsitory's greatest villain, have to do with Superman, the world's greatest hero? And what do two murders, committed thousands of years apart, have in common? What is the deadly truth?
This book was ok it took me a while to get into it. I thought the plot of the story was very choppy.
Interesting story, great build up, marred by big plot holes and a underwhelming ending.