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Type of bind: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
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Label: St. Martin's Press
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Page Count: 320
Printing Date: June 01, 2005
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Release Date: May 12, 2005
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The government abandoned him.
Now they're asking for his help.
But they're not going to like his answer.
A secret department of Homeland Security is recruiting agents to work undercover in the Middle East, and the director wants his second-in-command, Matt Egan, to bring aboard an old friend, Salam Al Fayed-better known as Fade.
He seems perfect for the job: A New Yorker and ex-Navy Seal, he is the son of immigrants and he speaks perfect Arabic. Trouble is, he's 'retired;' he got shot in the back in the line of duty, and the U.S. government refused to pay for the risky surgery that could have helped him.
Now Fade lives the life of a hermit, walking around with a bullet lodged near his spine and liable to shift at any moment, and the last thing he wants to hear is that his country needs him-least of all, his ex-best friend Matt Egan, whom he sees as responsible for his present condition.
Against Egan's wishes, the director forces the issue and tries none too subtly to 'persuade' Fade to join the team. But Fade, angry and hopeless, is prepared to fight back at any cost; the ensuing confrontation is a bloody one. And the chase is on-will Matt be able to find his friend-turned-fugitive before Fade can take the ultimate revenge?
Fade is a remarkable, take-no-prisoners read from an unparalleled writer at the height of his talents.
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The government turned its back on Salem Al Fayad after the very first Gulf War, but now that Homeland Security needs 'Fade's' particular skills, they endeavor to recruit him again. He's not only not interested, but he's nursing a very big grudge, and the ham-fisted tactics they use to reel him back in don't help defuse his anger. There's a bullet lodged in Fade's spine that could have been removed years ago, but the feds wouldn't pay for it then and it's too late now, so Fade's got nothing to lose but his life, and that's not worth very much to him now. His old friend and teammate Matt Egan tried to help him then, but now he's charged with bringing Fade in, dead or alive. Both Fade and Egan are appealing characters--if there's a villain here, it's Egan's new boss, and Matt is torn between his loyalty to Fade, his duty to a superior officer he despises, and his fears for his own family's safety. Mills expertly ratchets up the tension page by page and chapter by chapter in a better than average thriller marked by fine charicaterizations, superior pacing, and a strong narrative in which the bonds of friendship are brilliantly delineated and the two men at the center of the action linger in the reader's mind after the expectable but still compelling denouement. Mills gets better and better, and Fade is timely enough to break him out of the midlist and win him a new legion of fans. --Jane Adams
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When I picked up this book, I was half expecting another Arab/terrorist diatribe and was leary of reading it. When I finally opened the book to read, I was hooked on the very first page and pleasantly surprised to see that it wasn't the usual terrorist fare. In fact, there was really no terrorism involved in the storyline at all. Mills managed to make the reader feel sympathetic towards a trained killer by the end of the book, quite the accomplishment. Characters and situations were believable. Descriptions of the violence in the book were graphic enough for realism, but not overdone. Character development was also intricate enough to be interesting, but again, not overdone. I quite liked this book and will be looking for other Mills books to read.
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I read some 25 spy-thrillers a year and this is the worst book I have read in several years. Dead last.
Characters are not believable. Motivations are not believable. Author's writing style is for dummies.
Brings into question Mills reputation
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I've read a number of Kyle Mills' books and I'd say this one is my favorite. Tight and quick-reading plot with wonderful characters and a dash of mystery and suspense. I was thoroughly pleased.
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"Fade" has restored my faith in Mr. Mills. With none of the gratuitous sex and violence that marred his last couple works, he has managed to tell a compelling action story about an operative trained to deal with morally-ambiguous circumstances who is shamefully abandoned by his government. Do not misunderstand--I do not issue a blanket condemnation of sex and violence, we are all impacted by such and such themes have a place in literature. However, a fine writer can leave much to the imagination that a lesser writer will force his reader to wade through. I applaud Mr. Mills for having sufficient faith in his plot and prose to avoid unnecessarily explicit writing.
Even though the protagonist is a wonderfully-drawn complex character, I greatly enjoyed the skewering of a governmental weenie-type. The kind of fellow who masters office politics and rises far beyond his ability, Hillel Strand is the type of person who avoids ethical dilemmas by construing all situations in terms of self-interest.
Sure, Fade is an action story and there is plenty of fighting and high-end carrying on--but it is much more than that. The novel has a depth that was missing in earlier works precisely because it treats issues of deep moral import and resolves them with a measure of respectful ambiguity thereby leaving the reader to think about the story rather than merely turn the pages. It is about who issues orders, whether they should be followed and how such orders change the world.
I was gratified to find that Mr. Mills has, at least in this offering, abandoned much of the coarseness that pervades action thrillers. In so doing, he elevated both his prose and the power of his story. In a world where the sympathies of combatants in the battle of good vs. evil are no longer easily identifiable, it pays to think about the consequences of power and exercises thereof.
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Average number of books read per week = 3
Having said that. Fade was the best book I read in 2006. Once read, I passed it to my boyfriend. This Christmas season we bought copies for his grown children. Action packed page turner. Read it in one sitting (yes it is that good!).
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