The Last Thing I Remember, Homelanders Series #1

When Charlie West awakens, he's strapped to a chair with somebody ordering his death---and he can't remember anything. After a miraculous escape, he discovers that an entire year of memories is missing and he's a convicted murderer! As he flees police and the killers, deep questions pursue him. Who am I? How will I live? 352 pages, hardcover from Nelson.

Charlie West just woke up in someone else’s nightmare.

He’s strapped to a chair. He’s covered in blood and bruises. He hurts all over. And a strange voice outside the door just ordered his death.

The last thing he can remember, he was a normal high-school kid doing normal things--working on his homework, practicing karate, daydreaming of becoming an air force pilot, writing a pretty girl’s number on his hand. How long ago was that? Where is he now? Who is he really?

And more to the point . . . how is he going to get out of this room alive?

A thriller that reads like a teenage version of 24.

Bestselling thriller-author Andrew Klavan has tried his hand at young-adult fiction for the first time, and the result is an adrenaline-pumping adventure. The book features teen karate enthusiast Charlie West. Charlie's hobby and his unshakable morals come in handy after he wakes up, bruised, bloody, and strapped to a chair next to a tray of torture instruments. He has no idea where he's held or why—the last thing he remembers is a regular day of high school. After using his martial-arts skills to escape, West sets out to unravel what's happened to him, and maybe uncover an attempted assassination of a government official along the way.-The Daily Beast

The first young adult novel from Edgar-winner Klavan, which kicks off the Homelanders series, offers fast-paced action sequences, but disappoints with a weak plot. Charlie West is a good student, a black belt at karate and has finally asked out his dream girl. One night, he goes to sleep and wakes up to find himself one year in the future at a secret compound, with no memory of what's happened to him. He manages to escape, and as he evades his former captors. he discovers that he's also a fugitive from the law and has somehow been drawn into an Islamist terrorist conspiracy. Details of the last day Charlie remembers are slowly filled in over the course of his escape, but the most intriguing parts of the novel are the present-day action sequences; although Charlie often gets lucky, he's also very capable of recognizing that luck and taking advantage of opportunities when they arise. Unfortunately, he's never really given any room to grow in his personal beliefs or character, with his certainty that he's always correct consistently getting reinforced throughout. Ages 14–up. (Apr.) Copyright 2009 Reed Business Information.

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Reviewed by Jackie Morgan (San Pedro, CA), September 21, 2009

It was ok, seemed incomplete within itself, makes you have to read the next book in the series for any understanding.

Reviewed by Leota Boufford (Janesville, WI), July 03, 2009

I bought this for a teenager, and it fills the bill perfectly. A teenage hero, non-stop action, the Christian messsage. suspense. I enjoyed the book, and I'm sure the teen I bought it for will love it.

Reviewed by James Nichols (Midwest City, OK), May 05, 2009

This is the First YA title by Andrew Klavan. Even though I have not read anything else by him I will definitely check out his other title after reading this one. This is also the first in a series of books. Charlie is a normal 17 year old high school student but one day he wakes up strapped into a chair and someone is trying to kill him. The last thing he remembers was going to sleep after the perfect day at school (one in which he did a karate display for the school and his crush wrote her number on his hand). Charlie is told by a friend that what if everything we believe or have been taught is wrong and that nothing is real. Charlie must find out what is real and just what happened between the time he went to sleep and woke up in the chair. A great book and a great start to the series I know this is geared toward the Young adult crowd but being an adult I found this to be a very suspenseful title and would highly recommend to both youth and adults. You can go to www.thehomelanders.com to check out the first 3 chapters of the book.

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