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The Book of Fate

by Brad Meltzer (Goodreads Author)

3.46 of 5 stars 3.46 · rating details · 4,909 ratings · 595 reviews

"Six minutes from now, one of us would be dead. None of us knew it was coming."

So says Wes Holloway, a young presidential aide, about the day he put Ron Boyle, the chief executive's oldest friend, into the president's limousine. By the trip's end, a crazed assassin would permanently disfigure Wes and kill Boyle. Now, eight years later, Boyle has been spotted alive. Trying...more

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Mar 16, 2008 Sammy rated it 4 of 5 stars

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My mother warned me before I started the book so I shall warn you as well, because it was good to go into this book armed with the information I was told. Ignore the summary of the book, or most of the summary at least. It's written to sound like another Da Vinci Code with hundred year old secrets being unearthed... but that's not the case. Yes, Thomas Jefferson is involved... but maybe a page's worth altogether, not even enough to merit being mentioned on the back cover. I think if you pick up...more My mother warned me before I started the book so I shall warn you as well, because it was good to go into this book armed with the information I was told. Ignore the summary of the book, or most of the summary at least. It's written to sound like another Da Vinci Code with hundred year old secrets being unearthed... but that's not the case. Yes, Thomas Jefferson is involved... but maybe a page's worth altogether, not even enough to merit being mentioned on the back cover. I think if you pick up the book expecting old American mysteries being uncovered, you will be greatly disappointed, as my mom was. That's why she told me... and I wasn't disappointed with the book.

It was actually a good read. I'm not all that into mysteries, especially modern day ones with cliched twists. But this book still kept me relatively interested. A couple of times I was surprised with the things unearthed and revealed, but a lot of times I saw the "twist" coming. Those of you who are huge mystery buffs and could probably out-Sherlock Mr. Holmes himself will probably find this book rather tedious after the first dozen chapters after everything had been set up.

This is a book I would classify as a light mystery that makes you feel smart... or dumb depending on how knowledgeable you are about the government and history. Okay, so it's a light mystery for smart people, a complicated and confusing read for those who are ignorant to things besides Paris Hilton's latest shopping excursion. For me it was kind of in the middle, I'm far from dumb, I do know my history fairly well and I'm not completely ignorant on the goings-on of the government, though I think not knowing that much helped me suspend reality with this book. Any government official who may read this book will probably be thinking, "You can't do that!" "The president is not allowed to..." "That's not even plausible in this day and age!" throughout their entire read.

A bonus point was that the characters were not your stereotypical leads in a mystery novel. None of them could be described as glamorous. The book had just enough action to keep you reading but not so much you became overwhelmed and bored with it right away. It also starts with a bang, and that first chapter may be a good indication of whether or not you're going to like the book.

So if you're not dumb or a government official (don't even start with the comments that those are the same thing) more than likely you'll find this book a fun read. Just remember what I said... this is far from another Da Vinci Code, despite what the back cover may try to tell you. You go into it with that mind set, you will be sorely disappointed.(less)

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Aug 11, 2007 Susan rated it 2 of 5 stars

This is a quintessential airport book. It reads extremely quickly, the plot is fast-paced (and dubious at best), and it appears to be written at a third-grade level. I'm not ashamed to admit that I've loved every minute reading it, even though it's completely trashy.

If you ask me a month after I've read this book what it's about, I won't be able to tell you the plot. I'll only be able to say "Masons", and though that's a subplot in the book, it's not the main plot.

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Dec 20, 2007 Samantha rated it 4 of 5 stars

First of all I'm not going to write a plot summary since so many other reviewers have already wrote one. Second of all, I liked this book. It's not as good as Tenth Justice or Dead Even but I still enjoyed it. I think one of the reasons I did like it was because I wasn't expecting a Dan Brown secret code book. Brad Meltzer isn't him and I don't want him to be him. I didn't really care about the Masons or the Masonic code and didn't pick up this book for that. Dan Brown's next book is going to be...more

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Oct 07, 2007 Duffy rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: suspense

WOW!!! This book has been... just wow! I never thought that I would encounter a book that has so many things going on at once. We all know that all books have their climax to it, but this book? It has been one climax after another.

It's just something that would make you hold on to the end of your seat and be still, squirm, whatever... this book has me hooked. Having all things hapening at once, its like I'm watching a great movie. In fact, you'll feel like your on the brink of having a CLIMAX bu...more

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Feb 01, 2012 Joanna Weissen rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: fiction, mystery

This was the first Meltzer book I've read. I thoroughly enjoyed the book. At first I thought the short chapters were strange but as the story got more complex I think they helped to keep everything straight in my head. Some of the plot points were a bit far fetched, but what would a good thriller be without that. The ending was satisfying and not to drawn out. I've seen several reviews that say they were disappointed it wasn't more like a Dan Brown book, which I was quite thrilled about. I tried...more

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Mar 27, 2009 Amanda rated it 3 of 5 stars

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That was surprisingly engaging, even if it took me forever to finish it. The book basically revolves around the main character trying to figure out what really happened eight years ago when he was grazed by a stray bullet, disfiguring him for life. There was enough action and twists to keep me engaged, but some of the pieces seem like loose ends. For example, one of the characters goes to a former collegue for help figuring a code out. Although this former collegue cracks the cod...more

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Mar 02, 2009 Mary Beth rated it 4 of 5 stars

Dick Francis says you need to think about people wandering through airport bookshops when you're an author. They don't have a lot of time or patience to decide which book to buy so you have to capture them on the first page. Brad Meltzer snagged my attention with his opening sentence ... Six minutes from now, one of us would be dead. Eight years ago, someone opened fire on the President of the United States' limousine, killing one of his oldest friends and disfiguring his aide. Was the shooter a...more

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Feb 05, 2009 Jamieson rated it 5 of 5 stars

How far would you go to uncover a secret? What if the secret was so huge, so incredible, that it would destroy your life and the lives of all those around you? What if uncovering this secret would destroy the foundations upon which the world was built? How far would you go?

Wes Holloway is a presidential aide to US President Leland Manning. Having caused a scheduling error, Deputy Chief of Staff Ron Boyle missed his meeting with the President and is pissed at Holloway. Trying to smooth things ov...more

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Nov 29, 2011 Maduck831 rated it 2 of 5 stars

“Most people would be relived. But I’ve been around law enforcement long enough to know their tricks and treats. This one’s called tone matching. Designed to subconsciously affect a target’s mood, it’s built on the fact that you tend to match the tone that’s aimed at you. When someone yells, you yell back. Whisper, you whisper back. Usually, they use it to strengthen a witness who’s depressed, or bring down a target who’s cocky.” (99) “Just because someone’s in a wheelchair doesn’t mean they won...more

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Oct 08, 2011 John Kirk rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I picked this up because I liked Meltzer's writing in Identity Crisis (a comic), and I was amused when he included Noah Kuttler ("The Calculator") in his acknowledgements at the start. This book is a political thriller, a bit like some of Clive Cussler's novels, although it's clearly been marketed as if it's the type of thing that Dan Brown would write. In particular, the back cover talks about a 200 year old conspiracy by the Masons, but that's just a lie that someone makes up so that he can pe...more

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Aug 07, 2011 Christine Snyder rated it 2 of 5 stars

An overall very mediocre novel. One, the book mentions the Masons twice. Two, every move the characters make is predictable by a three year old. Third, the characters themselves have no dynamic. They are all exactly as you would expect them to be. It's not suspenseful at all. I was also quite drawn away by the fact that each chapter was two pages long. It diced the plot line into very, very small chunks and didn't add to the suspense at all, as I assume was the wanted effect. When I picked up th...more

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Jul 19, 2011 Tim Knier rated it 3 of 5 stars

This conspiracy thriller may never be fated for any movie treatment. There are several mysterious characters, power-mad intriguers, and complicated plot twists too intricate for any producer to accurately capture the mood of this novel. But not to worry.

The material contained in this novel may seem extremely familiar, especially if the reader has viewed any “Brad Meltzer’s Decoded” series that has been featured on the History Channel. Seminal ideas supporting the TV series are used throughout th...more This conspiracy thriller may never be fated for any movie treatment. There are several mysterious characters, power-mad intriguers, and complicated plot twists too intricate for any producer to accurately capture the mood of this novel. But not to worry.

The material contained in this novel may seem extremely familiar, especially if the reader has viewed any “Brad Meltzer’s Decoded” series that has been featured on the History Channel. Seminal ideas supporting the TV series are used throughout this work. Freemasons are exposed in “The White House,” “Statue of Liberty,” and “Secret Societies” segments and federal government agencies’ finagling are traced in “D.B. Cooper,” while the underpinnings for this book’s plot involve “Secret Presidential Codes.” Add to this complexity the psychotic visions of an assassin guided by some mystic Book of Fate (“2012”) and the novel is complete without being fatalistic.

The plot essentially follows Wes Holloway, a Presidential aide who is wounded during a very public assassination attempt by a deranged sniper manipulated by a cabal. Within a decade of his survival, Holloway encounters the supposedly accidentally murdered President’s friend and, with the help of a clever roommate and a newspaper gossip columnist, he plunges into globe-trotting searches for the phantom only to be pursued by and finally exposing the disguised forces at play.

The action, of course, unwinds through four or five various threads, each interlaced with thrust-and-parry exploits contained in these short 117 chapters. There are nice touches of humor to keep reader’s interest, even if some of the characters aren’t that attractive or if the numerous technical explanations bog down.

Unfortunately for today’s readers, some of the technological aspects and instruments employed in the book do show their gray whiskers. That’s the fate of a story using six-year-old technology. Current readers might wonder why no viral videos, personal blogs, phone cameras, or smartphone texting aren’t used. For those techies, consider this work a period piece—or view “Decoded” for any upgrades.(less)

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Jan 15, 2011 Shelley aka Gizmo's Reviews rated it 3 of 5 stars

Summary: Six minutes from now, one of us would be dead. None of us knew it was coming. So says Wes Holloway, a once-cocky and ambitious presidential aide, about the day that changed his life forever. On that day, Wes put the president's oldest friend, Ron Boyle, into the presidential limousine. By the time the trip came to an end, Wes was permanently disfigured, and Boyle was dead, the victim of a crazed assassin. Eight years later, Boyle is spotted, alive and well, in Asia. In that moment, Wes...more Summary: Six minutes from now, one of us would be dead. None of us knew it was coming. So says Wes Holloway, a once-cocky and ambitious presidential aide, about the day that changed his life forever. On that day, Wes put the president's oldest friend, Ron Boyle, into the presidential limousine. By the time the trip came to an end, Wes was permanently disfigured, and Boyle was dead, the victim of a crazed assassin. Eight years later, Boyle is spotted, alive and well, in Asia. In that moment, Wes has the chance to undo the worst day of his life. Trying to figure out what really happened takes Wes back to a decade-old presidential crossword puzzle, disturbing secrets buried in Masonic history, and a 200-year-old secret code invented by Thomas Jefferson. But what Wes doesn't realize is that the Book of Fate holds everyone's secrets. Especially the ones worth dying for. The Book of Fate. What does it say about you?

Review: First of all, 768 pages, is a wee bit too much for even the most loyal reader to take. There is a time when you have to ask yourself why is so much unnecessary information not edited out of these novels before publishing? Second, The Book of Fate has absolutely nothing to do with the FreeMasons other than a so called secret map of the streets of DC. BM hasn't led you into another Dan Brown concocted storyline where the Church is bad because they kill people and keep lots of secrets. The book of fate is only about the psychotic assassin and what his mother told him as a child. You only hear the reference in the mumblings of a nut case. The story itself looks at the undertakings of the CIA, FBI and Secret Service. The Book of Fate is about integrity, trust, betrayal, growing up and conspiracy.

Rating: Had it not been for the fact that this book is 768 pages long! I would have most likely rated it a bit higher. Also, the misconception some readers might have had when they picked up the book and saw the Freemason symbol totally blew my mind. So, that being said...3.5. stars.(less)

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Mar 26, 2010 Jeff Zimmel rated it 3 of 5 stars

Gina brought this home from the library and I was pretty excited. I thought it was going to be about the Free Masons. But they had little to nothing to do with the story. I'm not sure why they would even mention it because it had as much to do with the story as saying one of the characters wore a blue shirt.

It wasn't a bad story. It had some good pacing and great high moments. But like I've said before, I really don't like when a character basically goes into a soliloquy to explain what is happe...more

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Mar 24, 2010 Autumn Doughton rated it 2 of 5 stars

This book is completely absurd with an overused plot (think Da Vinci meets National Treasure), obtuse characters and bad writing. YET... I'll admit that it was quite fun to read. This is exactly the type of book you should bring on a plane ride or to the beach or in the waiting room at a doctor's office. I won't bore you with a plot summary--it's stupid--instead I'll focus on some of the aspects of this novel that you won't find on the book jacket.
1. The author reaches too high. You know that s...more This book is completely absurd with an overused plot (think Da Vinci meets National Treasure), obtuse characters and bad writing. YET... I'll admit that it was quite fun to read. This is exactly the type of book you should bring on a plane ride or to the beach or in the waiting room at a doctor's office. I won't bore you with a plot summary--it's stupid--instead I'll focus on some of the aspects of this novel that you won't find on the book jacket.
1. The author reaches too high. You know that saying that you should reach for the stars? Well, Meltzer took that to heart. He has attempted to weave into the novel Da Vinci like codes and puzzles but the outcome is forced and ridiculous. His "codes" come off as something that a friend and I would have come up with at a quick lunch in between food and other gossip. Meltzer tries to dazzle the reader with words like "cryptology" but I would bet money that Meltzer never even conferred with a cryptologist and that he did about as much research for this book that I did for a high school essay. What is even worse than the elementary style of the "puzzles" is that they don't even seem to be important to the overall storyline. Most of the "revelations" discovered in the so-called puzzles could have been discerned several other ways. This just annoyed me to no end.
2. The characters are flat. At first I thought that maybe Meltzer just lacks insight but as the book progressed I decided that he was just afraid that the reader wouldn't like his main character so he doesn't give him any controversial thoughts therefore he ends up seeming fake. Well, you can't have a "fake" character narrating a story in the first person and get away with it.
3. I don't think I've ever read a book with so many loose ends. It was absolutely absurd! I can think of at least five fairly important plot points that were never seen through. What sort of editor lets that many mistakes fall through the cracks?
4. The ending was terrible. Not only was the entire wrap-up bad, the very last page was cheesier than Velveeta. I knew that it would be sort of ridiculous but even I wasn't prepared.
5. The book promotes itself as a "conspiracy theory" book with mysteries dating back hundreds of years. No way. There are a few mentions of Freemasons and the Founding Fathers, but they are sprinkled throughout the pages just to distract the reader in a vain attempt to fancy up the book and make a stupid person feel like they are reading something academic. (that's my opinion)

I know that after tearing the book apart with all of my negatives it sounds like it was the most awful thing that I have ever read but that is far from the truth. I can't sing it's praises or overlook all of the things about the novel that annoyed me or that I disliked but I also can't ignore that I enjoyed some parts of it. Even though I thought the whole entire story seemed like a rip-off of other better stories, it was still a page-turner. And even though I didn't find the main characters or their relationships believable, and that I was irritated that so many of my questions were never addressed, that doesn't mean that there weren't some positive points in the story. I can't give the book more than two stars, but it still stands as a good, fun read for travel or lounging about the pool. You don't need to think too deeply or keep track of stuff (the author certainly didn't bother), so you can sit back, relax and read almost mindlessly.(less)

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Jul 13, 2012 Emily Ragusa rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: meltzer, da-vinci-code, mystery, corruption, washington-d-c, fate, the-book-of-fate

I must admit that this book was just an okay read for me. I enjoyed the book more in the beginning than I did toward the end. There are so many character names and personas introduced nearly simultaneously that they are all hard to keep straight. It is very hard to follow as the book goes on. The dialogue gets kind of annoying to read as there are so many pauses and interruptions between characters. There is a lot of “action” in this book—fighting, running, driving from place to place. There is...more

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Dec 22, 2010 Juli added it

This is the first book I’ve ever read by Brad Meltzer. When reading a “Thriller”, or “Suspense” or” Action” novel, I expect a lot of motion (i.e. main characters running from one location to another), lots of intrigue (i.e. several different plot lines going at the same time) and lots of details that are all nicely solved at their appropriate time.

Meltzer did something that many authors don’t do, he added dimension to the primary characters by making them Father and Son with a history of domesti...more

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Sep 03, 2012 Ethan Hitch rated it 5 of 5 stars

Wow! This book was surprisingly well written. I loved the action that came through the second half of the book and the beginning. It made me want to continue reading on and on! The end was more content than most books are that end in a happy-esque style, making it even better. Twists are so frequent in the end, you'll be left with your jaw dropped. If this book seems boring to you half way through, keep reading it- it gets a lot better in the second half. The plot was sound and twists were easil...more

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Oct 25, 2009 Sandra rated it 3 of 5 stars

The book’s title, the art work on the paperback’s cover and the blurb on back mentioning ”secrets buried in Freemason history,” and “a two-hundred year old code…that conceals secrets worth dying for” all suggest this novel is the next DaVinci Code. Apparently it’s all just hype to sell the book, because the above are incidental to the plot, and TBOF is not like The DaVinci Code. (If I had paid real money for a DaVinci Code clone, instead of getting the novel free in a bag of books, I would have...more

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Apr 09, 2012 Bernard Mcdonnell rated it 3 of 5 stars

This being the first book I've read by Meltzer made it difficult to appreciate the intricate story he was telling. I read it over an 8 day period and at first kept wanting to put it down and later not wanting to put it down. The opening chapter pulls you into a story, heck the opening line does that: "In six minutes one of us would be dead..." Once inside the book it takes a while to tie together the pieces of a life ruined(but not shattered) by an eventful day in the life of a president. I gues...more

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Oct 24, 2011 Jody rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: thriller

This is not a book about the Masons. If you think you are going to read about some deep dark secrets surrounding Washington D.C. and the Masons then think again. This is a political thriller that will keep you spellbound from beginning to end. It is a very good book and you will enjoy it as long as you are not dead set on reading a book about secret clubs and codes. I did check out the reviews on here and because of faithful Goodreads users such as yourself I was forewarned that this book wasn't...more

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Jan 06, 2010 Sara Elice rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: mystery, thriller

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Oct 12, 2012 Ithlilian rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: mystery

I am starting to get the impression that Meltzer's books are more about characters and less about running around uncovering national secrets. The bits of history and discovery seem confined to the knowledge of a character or two. In this case, it's Nico talking a bit about the Free Masons, otherwise, it is just one man trying to figure out why a dead guy is suddenly appearing again. The explanation is actually quite mundane, and I can see why that would disappoint people if they were expecting a...more

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Jan 29, 2011 Emily rated it 1 of 5 stars

This was an awful book! A water down version of authors (Brown, Baldacci, Patterson, etc) who have come before him and already written this story BUT BETTER! It was like Meltzer was trying to form a melting pot of all these authors and write a better version of their story when in truth it was exactly the same but lack anything interesting, exciting, or remotely engaging.

The story is called the Book of Fate but where the hell was it? I thought there was going to be the huge conspiracy involving...more

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May 06, 2009 Ashley rated it 3 of 5 stars Recommends it for: conspiracy theory lovers

Usually, I'm a fantasy girl all the way. Give me a book about princes, knights (even without their shining armour), and maybe throw in a pinch of magic, and I'll eat it up like it was Ben & Jerry's Phish Food. But every once in a while, you just need a break from the things you love (which is why we all eat those few vegetables before going back to the gooey brownie). My dad, who is the complete opposite of a fantasy lover, recommended this book to me, and I actually enjoyed reading it. I th...more

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Dec 05, 2009 Dianne Owens rated it 5 of 5 stars

Book of Fate is a great conspiracy novel about the figures on either side of an attempt to control and manipulate information for monetary gain. I bought this book after enjoying The First Counsel, and wasn't disappointed. Brad Meltzer weaves an amazing story, a rollercoaster ride that is heavily influenced by his research into the politics and procedures of the Oval Office.

Each Brad Meltzer experience is awe-inspiring, ranging from the tele-drama of Jack and Bobby, or the various thrillers he'...more

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Feb 12, 2013 Writer's Relief rated it 5 of 5 stars

THE BOOK OF FATE is an exhilarating novel that includes everything from presidential scandals to extremist assassins. Fans of Dan Brown’s novels (ANGELS AND DEMONS, THE DA VINCI CODE) will love this book for its expertly written ties to Freemason history and ancient puzzles that drag the characters—and readers—on a thrilling roller coaster of suspense. This is primarily a mystery novel, and Meltzer keeps the reader guessing to the very end with his signature red herrings (and the occasional unex...more

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Apr 04, 2012 Christopher Hivner rated it 4 of 5 stars

This is the first Brad Meltzer book I have read. He's a decent writer, not great or with a lot of style, but he gets the job done. The Book of Fate is a typical thriller: fast paced, intricate plot with lots of twists, completely unbelievable plot with a male and female character you figure out by page 50 will be together in the end. If you know ahead of time this is a thriller and isn't trying to be anything more then I thought it was an enjoyable book and I had a good time reading it. I wouldn...more

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Oct 03, 2012 Carly rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: library-book, fiction, 2012, fall-challenge-2012, mystery, suspense, thriller, politics, florida

*3 and a half stars*

I wanted to like this a lot better than I did. It was fun and it wasn't awful by any means, but it was just a lot. There were a lot of characters that you had to keep track of. The main character tells his part of the story from the first person point of view. And all of the other characters are told in the third person. There are so many chapters and they go back and forth from the characters who are telling the story. And sometimes the chapters don't tell you right away, wh...more

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About Brad Meltzer

Brad Meltzer is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Inner Circle, as well as the bestsellers The Tenth Justice, Dead Even, The First Counsel, The Millionaires, The Zero Game, The Book of Fate and The Book of Lies.

He is also one of the co-creators of the TV show, Jack & Bobby—and is the Eisner Award-winning author of the critically acclaimed comic book, Justice League of America.

His...more Brad Meltzer is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Inner Circle, as well as the bestsellers The Tenth Justice, Dead Even, The First Counsel, The Millionaires, The Zero Game, The Book of Fate and The Book of Lies.

He is also one of the co-creators of the TV show, Jack & Bobby—and is the Eisner Award-winning author of the critically acclaimed comic book, Justice League of America.

His first non-fiction book, Heroes For My Son, is a collection of heroes – from Jim Henson to Rosa Parks -- that he’s been working on since the day his son was born and is on sale now. He is the host of Brad Meltzer's Decoded on the History Channel. And his newest thriller, The Inner Circle, is in bookstores now.

Raised in Brooklyn and Miami, Brad is a graduate of the University of Michigan and Columbia Law School. The Tenth Justice was his first published work and became an instant New York Times bestseller. Dead Even followed a year later and also hit the New York Times bestseller list, as have all eight of his novels. The First Counsel came next, which was about a White House lawyer dating the President's daughter, then The Millionaires, which was about two brothers who steal money and go on the run. The Zero Game is about two Congressional staffers who are - literally - gambling on Congress. The Book of Fate, is about a young presidential aide, a crazed assassin, and the 200 year-old code created by Thomas Jefferson that ties them together. For authenticity, The Book of Fate was researched with the help of former Presidents Clinton and Bush. The The Book of Lies , is about the missing murder weapon that Cain used to kill Abel, as well as the unsolved murder of Superman creator Jerry Siegel's father. Brad is one of the only people to interview Jerry Siegel's family about the murder and, with his charitable site www.OrdinaryPeopleChangeTheWorld.com, has been the driving force behind the movement to repair the house where Superman was created. His newest book, The Inner Circle, is based the idea that George Washington's personal spy ring still exists today. A young archivist in the National Archives finds out the spy ring is still around. He doesn't know who they work for -- but the greatest secret of the Presidency is about to be revealed. While researching the book, former President George HW Bush also gave Brad, for the very first time, the secret letter he left for Bill Clinton in the Oval Office desk. Oh, and yes, Brad was recruited by the Department of Homeland Security to brainstorm different ways that terrorists might attack the US.

His books have spent over eleven months on the bestseller lists, and have been translated into over 25 languages, from Hebrew to Bulgarian. In The Tenth Justice, the opening lines are: "Ben Addison was sweating. Like a pig." In the Hebrew translation, it became: "Ben Addison was sweating. Like a horse." We're not sure if it's a kosher thing or what!

Brad has played himself as an extra in Woody Allen's Celebrity, co-wrote the swearing in oath for AmeriCorps, the national service program, and earned credit from Columbia Law School for writing his first book, which became The Tenth Justice. Before all of that, he got 24 rejection letters for his true first novel, which still sits on his shelf, published by Kinko's.

Brad currently lives in Florida with his wife, who's also an attorney.
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