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The author of the acclaimed Sanctus trilogy conjures an eerie epic of good and evil, retribution and redemption--the first novel in the mesmerizing Solomon Creed series in which a man with no memory of his past must save a lost soul in a small Arizona town.
On a hilltop in the town of Redemption, Arizona, the townspeople gather at an old cemetery for the first time in decades to bury a local man. The somber occasion is suddenly disrupted by a thunderous explosion in the distant desert. A plane has crashed, and it's pouring a pillar of black smoke into the air.
As Sheriff Garth Morgan speeds toward the crash, he nearly hits a tall, pale man running down the road, with no shoes on his feet and no memory of who he is or how he got there. The only clues to his identity are a label in his handmade suit jacket and a book that's been inscribed to him: both giving the name Solomon Creed. When Morgan tells Solomon that he is in Redemption, Arizona, Solomon begins to believe he's here for a reason--to save a man he has never met . . . the man who was buried that morning.
Miles away, three men scan the skies for an overdue plane carrying an important package. Spotting a black cloud in the distance, they suspect something has gone badly wrong, and that the man who has sent them will demand a heavy price if the package has been lost.
To uncover the secret of his identity, Solomon Creed must uncover Redemption's secrets too and learn the truth behind the death of the man he is there to save. But there are those who will do anything to stop him, men prepared to call on the darkest forces to prevent Solomon from seeing the light.
Reviews (4)
Publisher's Weekly Review
The stranger to a community in need of salvation, bereft of his identity and most of his memories, is a familiar trope, and Toyne (the Sanctus trilogy) doesn't make his take on it memorable. A tall albino, who comes to believe his name is Solomon Creed, may be the sole survivor of a plane crash outside Redemption, Ariz., which is soon threatened by the fire caused by the crash. Meanwhile, a corrupt ex-cop, Mulcahy, has come to town at the direction of a sadistic Mexican drug lord, Papa Tío. Mulcahy hopes to save his father's life by cooperating with the man holding him hostage. And Solomon is convinced that he's meant to help Holly Coronado, the attractive widow of the new sheriff, who just died in a road accident. There's little imaginative about how the story lines relate to each other or the perils the characters encounter. Excerpts from the memoir of "King" Cassidy, the founder of Redemption, only slow things down in this predictable thriller. Agent: Alice Saunders, LAW Agency. (Oct.) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
Booklist Review
A stranger arrives in a small Arizona town called Redemption. Yes, this sounds like Lee Child's Nothing to Lose, in which Jack Reacher turns up in a burg called Despair, Colorado, but here the stranger is an albino who thinks his name is Solomon Creed except he's really not sure about anything. There was a plane crash outside of town, and Creed may be the only survivor. The crash has started a rapidly spreading fire that remains a real threat to the small community. In another story line, Mulcahy is a corrupt cop who is in town at the behest of a Mexican drug lord who's holding the cop's father hostage. Interspersed throughout are memoir chapters from the founder of Redemption, King Cassidy. There is a lot of action; there are several brutal murders; and there are appearances from the occasional ghost. All these story lines eventually intersect, but there are plenty of open ends, as this is the first book in a series. With its touches of the supernatural, The Searcher will make readers of F. Paul Wilson's Repairman Jack series feel right at home.--Alesi, Stacy Copyright 2015 Booklist
New York Review of Books Review
THE ARAB OF THE FUTURE. A Graphic Memoir: A Childhood in the Middle East (1978-1984), by Riad Sattouf. Translated by Sam Taylor. (Metropolitan/Holt; paper, $26.) With fluent prose and precise drawing, a cartoonist depicts his father's flaws. NOT ON FIRE, BUT BURNING, by Greg Hrbek. (Melville House, $25.95.) This impressive novel explores the aftermath of an imagined "8/11," which evokes people's best and worst selves. THE SONG MACHINE: Inside the Hit Factory, by John Seabrook. (Norton, $26.95.) A New Yorker writer looks at producers, executives, songwriters and artists in the troubled music business. HERE, by Richard McGuire. (Pantheon, $35.) A corner of the living room of the author's childhood home in New Jersey is viewed over a period of eons in this graphic novel, which introduces a third dimension to the flat page. THUNDER AND LIGHTNING: Weather Past, Present, Future, by Lauren Redniss. (Random House, $35.) How human beings live with nature, combining information with striking illustration. SUPERFORECASTING: The Art and Science of Prediction, by Philip E. Tetlock and Dan Gardner. (Crown, $28.) To become a superforecaster, rely on data and logic and eliminate personal bias. STEP ASIDE, POPS: A Hark! A Vagrant Collection, by Kate Beaton. (Drawn & Quarterly, $19.95.) Recent strips from Beaton's audacious online comic, collected here, cover a wide range of topics. THE SEARCHER, by Simon Toyne. (Morrow/ HarperCollins, $26.99.) This novel about a man with amnesia grabs our attention and keeps it. THE KILLING KIND, by Chris Holm. (Mulholland/Little, Brown, $26.) A fast-moving, well-constructed thriller about an assassin who kills assassins. The full reviews of these and other recent books are on the web: nytimes.com/books.
Library Journal Review
Toyne, who wowed readers with his "Sanctus" trilogy (Sanctus; The Key; The Tower), here launches a new series. On the outskirts of an Arizona town called Redemption, a man is running barefoot down a desert highway. With no memory of who he is or how he arrived there, the only clues to his identity are a label in his bespoke jacket, a cross around his neck, and the inscription, "to: Solomon Creed" in a book found in his pocket. Is he Solomon Creed? Increasingly, Creed senses his purpose is to "save" the book's inscriber, Jim Coronado, but as he makes his way into town, he finds that the townspeople have at the old cemetery, burying Coronado. Suspicious of Coronado's death, Creed runs afoul of the town leaders, who will protect their secrets at all cost. Verdict With the Southwestern setting, readers might expect this book to be a Western, but Toyne has turned out a subtle yet compelling religion-flavored thriller that engenders a "one more page, one more chapter" urgency, much like his previous trilogy.-Laura Cifelli, Fort Myers Regional Lib., FL © Copyright 2015. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.