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The Final Hour (The Homelanders #4)
by
Andrew Klavan (Goodreads Author)
"You're not alone. You're never alone."
Charlie West has held on to that belief, but now he's starting to wonder. He went to bed one night an ordinary high-school kid. When he woke up, he was wanted for murder and hunted by a ruthless band of terrorists. He's been on the run ever since. Now he's stuck in prison, abandoned by his allies, trying desperately to stay a step ahe...more
Charlie West has held on to that belief, but now he's starting to wonder. He went to bed one night an ordinary high-school kid. When he woke up, he was wanted for murder and hunted by a ruthless band of terrorists. He's been on the run ever since. Now he's stuck in prison, abandoned by his allies, trying desperately to stay a step ahe...more
Hardcover, 345 pages
Published
July 19th 2011
by Thomas Nelson Publishers
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This is the fourth and final book in The Homelanders series by Andrew Klavan.
As Charlie regains all of his memory about the past year, his murder trial, and everything that happened between then and now, he also realizes that the Homelanders, a Terrorist group, is going to be making a very deadly strike on the Americans- from the inside! They've worked hard on infiltrating the police and the government in order to bring it all down to shambles so that they can rule in it's place.
The problem he...more
As Charlie regains all of his memory about the past year, his murder trial, and everything that happened between then and now, he also realizes that the Homelanders, a Terrorist group, is going to be making a very deadly strike on the Americans- from the inside! They've worked hard on infiltrating the police and the government in order to bring it all down to shambles so that they can rule in it's place.
The problem he...more
"You're not alone. You're never alone."
Charlie West has held on to that belief, but now he's starting to wonder. He went to bed one night an ordinary high-school kid. When he woke up, he was wanted for murder and hunted by a ruthless band of terrorists. He's been on the run ever since. Now he's stuck in prison, abandoned by his allies, trying desperately to stay a step ahead of vicious prison gangs and brutal guards. And a flash of returning memory tells him another terrorist strike is comin
This is a satisfying finale to the Homelander series.
Being in prison is not a piece of cake. The reader gets to experience incarceration from Charlie's point of view. Fortunately, he isn't raped even though that would probably happen in real life. But he sure is beat up and abused in other ways.
Charlie has to think about what it means to 'always tell the truth' and to decide when it is okay to break the law. It is one thing to think about when you are safe at home in your own bed, but quite an...more
Being in prison is not a piece of cake. The reader gets to experience incarceration from Charlie's point of view. Fortunately, he isn't raped even though that would probably happen in real life. But he sure is beat up and abused in other ways.
Charlie has to think about what it means to 'always tell the truth' and to decide when it is okay to break the law. It is one thing to think about when you are safe at home in your own bed, but quite an...more
The last volume in the four part book series, the Homelanders. Charlie West is the typical all-American boy, having fun in high school, shyly contemplating a girl, and who gets lessons at the local karate dojo, where he is very good - he has a junior black belt. One day (in Book one), he wakes up, strapped to a chair and is being tortured for information he knows he doesn't have (WARNING: SPOILERS). He finds out he was arrested, tried and convicted for the murder on an old friend, and that he es...more
Charlie is in Abingdon Prison where he is managing to make everyone he meets angry, from guards to inmates of all philosophical persuasions. Add to that the fact that he is slowly recovering his memory and realizes that he heard Prince and the Homelanders plan a deadly attic. It's going to take place on New Year's Eve, but where will it be? How will it be carried out? Charlie can't remember, but knows that he has to escape prison and find someone to help him. When a group of prisoners approaches...more
The Final Hour is the last installment in the Homelanders Series. The story opens with young hero, Charlie West, in the slammer for a murder he didn’t commit. He only agreed to take momentary blame so he could infiltrate a terrorist ring, and the terrorists have mostly been rounded up, yet days, weeks, months go by, without a peep that tells him why he’s still locked up.
His cop contact Rose finally visits but delivers the bad news, that Washington wants to brush events under the rug, as the cont...more
His cop contact Rose finally visits but delivers the bad news, that Washington wants to brush events under the rug, as the cont...more
This is the last book in the Homelander Series. Charlie West is in prison. He is accused of a crime he didn't commit. Every day he is in prison is another day he must survive. It seems everyone is after him. The different groups such as the White Supremists, the Islamic prisoners and the guards are all after him for one reason or another.
He's lost so much of his life, and memory throughout this series. Just when he starts putting it all back together he ends up in prison and feels abandoned. He...more
He's lost so much of his life, and memory throughout this series. Just when he starts putting it all back together he ends up in prison and feels abandoned. He...more
Charlie West is in prison, and not just some juvenile detentions center. He’s in Abingdon State Prison, a high security prison for the vilest offenders. And between the prisoners and the brutal guards, it looks like Charlie might be someone’s next victim.
But his memories are slowly coming back, and Charlie learns that a terrorist strike is coming soon. He has to do something, but what? No one will listen to a convict, all his allys are gone, and time is ticking away. But Charlie can’t give up. N...more
But his memories are slowly coming back, and Charlie learns that a terrorist strike is coming soon. He has to do something, but what? No one will listen to a convict, all his allys are gone, and time is ticking away. But Charlie can’t give up. N...more
The Final Hour: Book 4 of the Homelanders Series is not what I expected. This is supposed to be about a teenager named Charlie West who gets unintentionally drawn into a shadow group called the Homelanders. In previous books Charlie has lost his memory and has one person called Waterman to help him, but Waterman can not help Charlie now. The Final Hour starts out with Charlie in jail trying to recall why he is there and who is trying to kill him.
I find it extraordinary that a teenager has the me...more
I find it extraordinary that a teenager has the me...more
This is book four in the series. If you have not read any of the prior books, let me warn you that this book does not stand well on its own. You really need to read the prior ones in order to understand much of what is going on.
That being said, this was a great book. There was tons of action going on. However, I did feel that the book had become somewhat predictable. After having read the first three, I could see where the author was going. So there weren’t enough twists and turns in the plot t...more
That being said, this was a great book. There was tons of action going on. However, I did feel that the book had become somewhat predictable. After having read the first three, I could see where the author was going. So there weren’t enough twists and turns in the plot t...more
This book starts with a bang and keeps going full throttle to the end. Action, action, action, it hardly ever lets up. The forth in a series that looks now to be done, is fast paced and hard to put down. I read it in one afternoon. I'm not sure if Charlie will ever be able to return to normal life, he is anything but a normal kid.
I think this is a great book for kids 11 and older, especially boys. Good values and the message that you are never alone are weaved in and out of these pages. God is a...more
I think this is a great book for kids 11 and older, especially boys. Good values and the message that you are never alone are weaved in and out of these pages. God is a...more
While in High School, Charlie is a normal young man with great faith and a supportive, loving family. He's a black belt in karate and (although this part is a little far fetched for me) is convicted of murdering one of his closest friends because of a girl.
In The Final Hour, Charlie is in the penitentiary and is having memory flashes of being undercover for the United States government to infilterate the Homelanders (a terrorist group). Charlie finds out that the group has broken up and in jail...more
In The Final Hour, Charlie is in the penitentiary and is having memory flashes of being undercover for the United States government to infilterate the Homelanders (a terrorist group). Charlie finds out that the group has broken up and in jail...more
Memory loss, flashbacks, prison, terrorists, the "Yard King," and much more await the reader of this book. "The Final Hour" is book four in the Homelanders series by Andrew Klavan. Charlie West set out to help take down a terrorist organization threatening the United States, and now he is in prison. While all hope seems gone and life now will be full of plans to stay alive, a plot is hatched that enables Charlie a chance to help stop the terrorist act. Will he break out of prison and escape? Who...more
This is book four and the last book of the Homelanders series.
For the first half of the book, Charlie West is once again in less-than-ideal circumstances. He is locked up in the state prison where the radical Islamists are trying to kill him while he is protected (?) by the racist Nazis in the prison. The United States government refuses to acknowledge his participation in bringing down the Homelander terrorist group, and the leader of the Homelanders may have escaped. During one of his memory...more
For the first half of the book, Charlie West is once again in less-than-ideal circumstances. He is locked up in the state prison where the radical Islamists are trying to kill him while he is protected (?) by the racist Nazis in the prison. The United States government refuses to acknowledge his participation in bringing down the Homelander terrorist group, and the leader of the Homelanders may have escaped. During one of his memory...more
I loved the rest of the series. And this wasn't a bad way to end it.
It kind of had two paces. At first it seemed slow. Then, the ending, felt way to fast. And the action kept getting interrupted by thoughts from the main character, Charlie. He would be fighting and then start talking about morals and right and wrong. It did kind of take away from the book. Most questions, if not all, were answered. But the ending was kind of predictable.
Charlie wasn't bad. He took to much time, and pages, maki...more
It kind of had two paces. At first it seemed slow. Then, the ending, felt way to fast. And the action kept getting interrupted by thoughts from the main character, Charlie. He would be fighting and then start talking about morals and right and wrong. It did kind of take away from the book. Most questions, if not all, were answered. But the ending was kind of predictable.
Charlie wasn't bad. He took to much time, and pages, maki...more
Jul 12, 2011
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The Final Hour by Andrew Klavan is a very fast-paced adventure cum thriller that will surely make your adrenaline pump faster than it usually does.
This book is probably aimed to younger adults… boys, particularly and I found that it is enjoyable despite of the confusing plot. At some point I feel as if I was Alice, wandering around in Wonderland without a clear purpose, but it is a good read nevertheless.
I suppose if you’re a...more
Review link: http://cleffairy.com/?p=5687
The Final Hour by Andrew Klavan is a very fast-paced adventure cum thriller that will surely make your adrenaline pump faster than it usually does.
This book is probably aimed to younger adults… boys, particularly and I found that it is enjoyable despite of the confusing plot. At some point I feel as if I was Alice, wandering around in Wonderland without a clear purpose, but it is a good read nevertheless.
I suppose if you’re a...more
In the library, this book caught my eye because of its nicely illustrated title. In this book, a teenager named Charlie West helps a secret government group defeat a terrorist group, at the cost of going to jail for a crime he didn't commit. When he find outs the job isn't done, he escapes, and stops the terrorists once and for all. My favorite quote is, "My frustration felt like a creature trapped in my chest trying to get out, a great big gorilla or something pounding on the cage bars of my in...more
The Homelanders are attacking and it's Charlie's last chance to stop them.
Charlie West was an ordinary high school kid who went to bed one night and woke up in the clutches of terrorists and wanted by the police for murder. He also woke up with no memory of the events of the last year. His memory is returning now and has brought the terrible realization that he knows when the terrorists are going to strike next. Whatever it takes, Charlie knows he can't give in or give up until they're stopped ....more
Charlie West was an ordinary high school kid who went to bed one night and woke up in the clutches of terrorists and wanted by the police for murder. He also woke up with no memory of the events of the last year. His memory is returning now and has brought the terrible realization that he knows when the terrorists are going to strike next. Whatever it takes, Charlie knows he can't give in or give up until they're stopped ....more
A great conclusion to a series I very much enjoyed. The pace of adventure kept up with the previous 3 books, as well as the moral dilemmas Charlie kept facing. The ending got to be a bit predictable, but it still had me on the edge of my seat waiting for everything to resolve. The resolution may have been a bit neat, considering all of the other things I could have seen result from Charlie's actions throughout the series. But I didn't want things left open. I wanted it to close with Charlie bein...more
I'm getting bad at closing out books that I've finished ok so easy to say this is a change up it's kid in secret government plan against terrorists but I really enjoyed this! Different change of pace and the action was from page one for once I didn't guess right on almost everything I guessed ( usually by page 50-100 i'll have the whole plot outlined with they ending tht is if I haven't read the ending first cause I like HEA ) anyways the ending was a lol cliche ( I'm sick of correcting these au...more
The Final Hour is the final book in the Homelanders series. I like how this series starts like Charlie is telling you this story later in life and ends by saying 'So I guess this story is over.' I like the characters in this book because they are well written. My favorite character in this book is definitely Blade who has that dreamy look in his eye, like he dreams of murder. He is cunning and tells you he will help you but just winds up trying to killing you when you finish what you did for hi...more
An absolutely amazing ending to the 4 book series. I was so excited to be able to read and review the final book. I have fully enjoyed every page of this 4 book series.
All along the way I have said that Charlie West is like a teenage James Bond. This book starts out like "Prison Break" (the TV series), then goes to "Top Gun" then ending with "Mission Impossible". Andrew Klavan does for Action/Suspense what Stephen King does for Horror.
This book was nothing short of Brilliant! I read it in just 2...more
All along the way I have said that Charlie West is like a teenage James Bond. This book starts out like "Prison Break" (the TV series), then goes to "Top Gun" then ending with "Mission Impossible". Andrew Klavan does for Action/Suspense what Stephen King does for Horror.
This book was nothing short of Brilliant! I read it in just 2...more
I read a lot of YA books and when I find a good series, I mentally file it away as one to suggest to my kids when they get to that age. Almost all of them are books I will suggest to my daughter, so I was very pleased to find an action packed series with a male protagonist that my son can read and enjoy when he is older. Sure, it's a little heavy on the "Rah rah AMERICA!" rehtoric, but you know..there's worse themes for a young man to read about. It's exciting and fun and I think any teen boy wo...more
Yes, I know that I read this before the 3rd but I was bored! I think I like this one the best, maybe . . ?
His memory coming back, Charlie is now at the U.S. worst prison, barely clinging on to life. His life is a total 180, one night a normal highschooler and next, apparently murdered his friend and wanted by a group of terrorists. His friends and allies can't help him and his inmates and enemies are constantly trying to kill him. But now, he remembers another memory which leads to a new problem...more
His memory coming back, Charlie is now at the U.S. worst prison, barely clinging on to life. His life is a total 180, one night a normal highschooler and next, apparently murdered his friend and wanted by a group of terrorists. His friends and allies can't help him and his inmates and enemies are constantly trying to kill him. But now, he remembers another memory which leads to a new problem...more
This book is a must read! I loved the story of Charlie, the book felt so real that at one point I almost told my uncle that I had a friend who was very interested in joining the air force but stopped myself when I realized that my friend was a book character. I love Charlies determination, bravery and dedication to country. His love for country sparked my own love for country. But I also liked how Charlie had weaknesses and bad things did happen to him. The series made me laugh, cry, worry, and...more
For a book series to start so strong and end on such a weak note is disappointing. The character Charlie West was intriquing in the first two books and then became somewhat cliche. Understanding that the story is written at a teen level it still felt like a cope-out. An indestructible character with an undying love, faithful friends to the end and a adult mentor, not a parent, that holds qualities of a real life Robin Moore. It's fun to have the good guys win but for a person like myself the clo...more
I have to admit that when I picked up the first book in this series I had no idea it was going to end up being this good. The first and second weren't nearly as good as this, but they were necessary. I don't think I could have loved the ending anymore if I tried. The entire time I was reading The Final Hour I just kept picturing the awful endings in my head because that was exactly where it seemed to be going. I was not disappointed by this book in any way, even though it was frustrating at time...more
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What I liked about this series is that no matter what happens to Charlie (and a LOT happens to Charlie!) he stays true to what he believes in--God, family and America. There is fighting, bad things happen, and there are evil men, but Charlie does his best to defend himself. In the first book, he can't remember how he ended up being tortured by terrorists. The rest of the series follows Charlie as he learns the truth of what he's going through piece by piece. Charlie is a true hero--someone who s...more
I loved this book! I found the action in this book was a continually on-going of Klavans pervious books, perfect ending! I loved it, I thought there was going to be a sad ending as if Charlie was going to die! None the less if I very became a teacher I would have my students read it! its a must read! I started reading at 1 in the morning and finished within hours. It truly gives you the chills of what is would be like having to go through something like this! and finally the way he keeps his fai...more
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