The Exile

A Novel

By: Allan Folsom

Narrated by: Erik Singer

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Day After Tomorrow and The Day of Confession comes an all new heart-pounding thriller
The Los Angeles Police Department's famed 5-2 squad boards a commuter train in an attempt to take a cold-blooded killer into custody. John Barron, the newest and youngest member of the elite LAPD unit, learns quickly that the 5-2 has their own deadly system of justice, and that even the slightest protest will result in his suffering the same swift fate. Thus begins a dark, explosive struggle between good and evil—pitting Barron's squad against an exceedingly imaginative and brutal killer.
Suddenly the game widens when John flees to London with his sister, Rebecca, and they are thrown into a race against time. Pursuing them is a baroness, beautiful and cruel, who will stop at nothing to protect her family, her fortune, and her global ambitions. Her secret—spanning oceans, continents, the collapse of the USSR, even the death of the Tsars—is a stunning revelation that could catapult her to the pinnacle of world power.

©2004 Allan Folsom; (P)2004 Audio Renaissance, a divsion of Holtzbrink Publishers, LLC

Critic reviews

<p>“Makes <i>The Da Vinci Code </i>look like J. K. Rowling. <i>The Exile</i> is even better than <i>The Day After Tomorrow</i>.” —<i>David Hagberg, USA Today bestselling author</i><br><br>“Hold on tight--from the first scene Folsom spins a tale of page-turning suspense.” —<i>W.E.B. Griffin</i><br><br>“Once you start <i>The Exile</i>, forget sleep. Its fierce, complex suspense is fast as a 9 mm slug and tight as a hangman's noose.” —<i>Stephen Coonts</i></p>

Good concept, hampered by coincidence

I enjoyed the over all story of The Exile, but bring abridged did cause some issues. Some parts seemed to be slightly jumpy. But for me the number one issue was the suspension of disbelief that makes this kind of novel fun, jumps the shark with unneeded coincidences