Review of Blood Brothers by Nick Pope

Blood Brothers by Nick Pope is a fast-paced novel set in the United Kingdom.  It is very up-to-date with the current President of the US (Trump) playing a role in trying to overthrow the existing British government.  The central theme is one of terrorism and also a focus on one man’s humanity (Kahn). Certain atrocities committed in the name of Islam against women and children causes Mr. Kahn concern.  The British operative, Quill, works out a type of peaceful co-existence with Kahn.  This story gives some idea of the inner workings of the anti-terrorism task force that exists in the UK.  The novel started sort of slowly with the setting of the scene but rather quickly moved on to a high degree of action.  As an American reader, the only issue I had was the heavy use of acronyms that did not at first seem to be clear.  For an American, when reading a British work, one becomes used to the sometimes different spellings and word choices between British and American English.  These spellings and word choices were not a real issue but a reader quickly understands that things like lorry rather than semi is used.  I really enjoyed the book and there was a high degree of brotherhood that developed between two warriors who were on different sides of the apparent conflict between Islam and the West. Definitely I’d recommend this book for anyone interested in a struggle of ideas and ethics.  A grudging understanding happens between Kahn and Quill…perhaps we could have more of this shared understanding.