In his inimitable "two track" style of creating a fictional future and flashing back to actual events in recent history, Peter T. King once again places Congressman Sean Cross at the center of international terrorism, this time coming from radical Islam in cahoots with the Irish Republican Army. The "reality-based" track gives a minute-by-minute account of September 11, 2001 and its effect on the cities of New York and Washington, and continues with month-by-month accounts up until September 11, 2002. A leading congressional Republican, King offers keen insight into President Bush's inner circle in the days immediately following the attacks. In King's fictional future New York once again comes under attack, and it falls upon the resourceful Sean Cross to uncover the odd bedfellows that comprise this latest conspiracy to visit terror on American soil.
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Vale of Tears is a must read for those passionately addicted to the genre. An intelligent balancing act between reality and all-too-real fiction is maintained throughout this taut, action-packed thriller difficult to put down until the final sentence of the last chapter. (Baldwin Tribune )
Vale of Tears is a must read for those passionately addicted to the genre. An intelligent balancing act between reality and all-too-real fiction is maintained throughout this taut, action-packed thriller difficult to put down until the final sentence of the last chapter. (Baldwin Tribune )
The strength is in the "you are there" narrative. All in all, if you like Pete King you'll like the book. (Jim Mulvaney Irish Echo )
Vale of Tears provides a chilling look at terrorist threat and also a glimmer of hope that increased vigilance might thwart future attacks. (Weekly Standard )
Vale of Tears provides a chilling look at terrorist threat and also a glimmer of hope that increased vigilance might thwart future attacks. (Weekly Standard )
The six-term congressman shares his unique insight into political events in a new novel that speculates on a connection between radical Islam and the Irish Republican Army that threatens thousands of lives in a near-future New York City. (Forecast )
Vale of Tears is a must read for those passionately addicted to the genre. An intelligent balancing act between reality and all-too-real fiction is maintained throughout this taut, action-packed thriller difficult to put down until the final sentence of the last chapter. (Baldwin Tribune )
The strength is in the "you are there" narrative. All in all, if you like Pete King you'll like the book. (Jim Mulvaney Irish Echo )
Vale of Tears provides a chilling look at terrorist threat and also a glimmer of hope that increased vigilance might thwart future attacks. (Weekly Standard )
Vale of Tears provides a chilling look at terrorist threat and also a glimmer of hope that increased vigilance might thwart future attacks. (Weekly Standard )
The six-term congressman shares his unique insight into political events in a new novel that speculates on a connection between radical Islam and the Irish Republican Army that threatens thousands of lives in a near-future New York City. (Forecast )
About the Author
Peter T. King was recently elected to his sixth term in Congress, where he serves on the Financial Services Committee and the International Relations Committe. Vale of Tears is his third book. He lives in Seaford, Nassau County, New York.
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I have always liked Rep. Peter King when I've seen him on television. In this book, he presents us with an equally-admirable, fictionalized version of himself, Congressman Sean Cross. But a likeable main character is not enough for a novel: it needs an interesting, at least occasionally-exciting, plot.Unfortunately, while this book is purported to be about terrorism, it isn't really. It's actually about meetings about terrorism. I imagine that, in real life, Peter King spends a lot of time in meetings and no time at all doing dangerous, exciting things like chasing down terrorists. That's a good thing in real life but not so good in a novel. In Vale of Tears, the even-numbered chapters are about Rep. Cross' life in Washington on and after September 11, 2001 -- probably a fictionalized version of what actually happened to Rep. King during that time. After a chapter or two of it, I found that thread to be way too much sentimental tear-jerking and flag-waving for my taste and not much else, even though I am in general agreement with most of Peter King's politics. I skimmed the rest of the chapters about September 11th. The odd-numbered chapters tell a fictional story of more-recent terrorist attacks and the attempts of Rep. Cross, his contacts in and out of the Muslim and Irish communities and law-enforcement to stop even-more-serious attacks before they happen. You might expect a story like this to be told from the points-of-view of the characters involved in it: terrorists and anti-terrorists, with lots of on-the-street action, leading to an exciting climax. But all we get are meetings -- interminable meetings, one after the other. We are never where anything actually happens; rather, we are always where people talk about what happened a long time ago, what might happen, how they could prevent it from happening, what is probably happening somewhere else and then, finally, in lieu of an exciting climax, what actually did happen -- far away from the meeting. Maybe this book should be in the Business Section, for people interested in how to set up and run successful meetings.
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My humble opinion.,
This review is from: Vale of Tears: A Novel (Hardcover)
Lo, I entered the darkness, and it was seen through a vale of tears. And Peter King was there, and he was a bloated moron.
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Irony meets boredom,
This review is from: Vale of Tears: A Novel (Hardcover)
There's nothing worth reading - the cover is the most exciting part of the book. And in case you haven't already heard, the author is a fervent supporter of the terrorist group, the IRA, responsible for killing thousands - including hundreds of civilians in random bombings in bars and department stores. According to the author, IRA terrorism is acceptable because it's not against the United States. Don't support this filth. Ignore the book, shun the author.
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