Emily P. (mizparker) reviewed on 10/5/2008 + 87 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 3

I read this one almost in a sitting, I think in part because I'm a junkie for this genre - that is, religion-themed thrillers in the vein of Dan Brown, Steve Berry, etc.

The novel is about a man who sustained a head injury as a child and over his lifetime, has had random names he can't forget pop into his mind. Despite not knowing who the names belong to or what it means, he meticulously writes them in a notebook. He discovers later that he has inadvertently re-created the Book of Names - that is, the book Adam wrote in Eden listing the names of the righteous over the entire future history of the world. Kabbalists believe that there are thirty-six righteous souls per generation, and that world disasters are triggered when the righteous are killed. The protagonist must stop the other possessor of the Book of Names, who is systematically murdering the righteous in order to bring about the end of days. His task is further complicated when he discovers his daughter's name on the list...

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