The Final Reckoning: A Novel

By Sam Bourne

When a security guard at the UN shoots a harmless old man mistakenly suspected of being a suicide bomber, Tom Byrne—a long way from his days as an idealistic young lawyer—is called in to placate the man’s family, including his daughter, Rebecca. But Tom soon discovers that the victim was not quite as innocent as he seemed and his is the latest in a chain of hundreds of unexplained deaths linked to a powerful brotherhood. Pursued by ruthless killers, Tom must unlock a secret buried for more than sixty years—the last great secret of World War II. Based on the true story of a group of Holocaust survivors that sought revenge for Nazi crimes, The Final Reckoning is an atmospheric, emotionally engaging and twisting thriller that moves at warp speed from first page to last.

• Language: English
• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Release date: Dec 7, 2010
• ISBN: 9781443404525

Sam Bourne

Sam Bourne is the pseudonym of Jonathan Freedland, an award-winning journalist and broadcaster. He has written a weekly column for the Guardian since 1997, having previously served as the paper’s Washington correspondent, and presents Radio 4’s contemporary history programme, The Long View. His first novel, The Righteous Men, was a Sunday Times No. 1 bestseller. He lives in London with his wife and their two children.

Reviews for The Final Reckoning

[atreic · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

The evil returns, the mice defeat it, but only because of great sacrifice, and personal bravery, and with great losses along the way. True love conquers all, and everyone lives only slightly-sadly ever after.Some of the scenes from this book (paticularly the standard of the rat army) have stayed with me from when I was about 10 as 'the scariest / grossest things ever' so it is strange going back to them as an adult. I loved the mouse society built in Holeborn. Baker was a powerful and interesting idea that was strangely underused. It's great that Oswald finally steps up to be a hero, but terrifyingly bleak that all he does is, finally, futile.