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A Storm in the Blood is a wise and searching historical novel of political intrigue and terrorist action in turn-of-the-century London from Jon Stephen Fink, acclaimed author of Further Adventures. Based on the compelling true story of the Houndsditch Murders and the Siege of Sidney Street, A Storm in the Blood ushers readers into a world of violence, political crime, ethnic unrest, police oppression, and political subterfuge that speaks directly to an audience attuned to the backgrounds of modern terrorist actions from 9/11 to Mumbai. Inga biblioteksbeskrivningar kunde hittas. |
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In December of 1910, a group of Latvian revolutionaries killed three London policemen when a jewelry store heist went wrong. Viewed as an act of terrorism by Londoners of the time, this is the pivotal event in Jon Stephen Fink's A Storm in the Blood. Fink takes the readers into the streets of Edwardian England as seen through the eyes of political refugees and immigrants. It's violent, dirty, and hateful.
Although the book is based on the true story of the Houndsditch Murders and the Siege of Sidney Street, the story follows the fictional character Rivka, a Latvian refugee who has to run for her live after her father tries to kill a Russian Cossack. She is transported to England and is taken in by a group of Latvian revolutionaries who respect what her father did. As events both fictional and historical progress, Rivka falls for Peter Piatkow, an intelligent revolutionary who is beginning to question the movement. Rivka decides she wants to participate in the next planned "action." As we know from history, things do not go as planned, and it all ends tragically for three policemen and many of the revolutionaries, some of whom may not have even been involved. But mysteriously and historically, Peter managed to escape.
Fink's pacing is superb. The book is a page turner. His characters are well-developed, and his phrasing even hints to the fact that he's a poet. The dialogue feels authentic. During the siege, one revolutionary remembers when he was a child he saw an older boy torment a cow:
And that leads to Fink's real accomplishment. He subtly captures that underneath all the fiery causes and rhetoric, these revolutionaries, these "terrorists," just want the same things all humans want- safe, autonomous, productive lives, and maybe a little love and beauty thrown in for good measure. I say "subtly" because Fink isn't heavy-handed. He isn't making a political statement. He doesn't condone their actions or reasoning. The revolutionaries are often selfish, stupid, and petty- as all humans are time to time.
The book is entertaining, but it also hits on those nagging questions about the human condition that make good books sink to the bone. ( )