The Last Thing I Remember
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4.3 • 50 Ratings
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
High schooler Charlie West just woke up in a nightmare.
He’s strapped to a chair. He’s covered in blood and bruises. He hurts all over. And a strange voice outside the door just ordered his death.
Charlie West is a good kid. The last thing he can remember, he was a normal high-school student doing normal things—working on his homework, practicing karate, daydreaming of becoming an air force pilot, writing a pretty girl’s number on his hand. How long ago was that? And more to the point . . . How is he going to get out of this room alive?
By calling on his deepest reserves of strength and focus, Charlie manages a desperate escape . . . only to find out that this nightmare isn't ending. There's a whole year of his life that he can't remember—a year in which he was convicted of murdering his best friend and working with terrorists.
Now, with the police hunting him and a band of killers on his trail, he's got to find the answers to some of the deepest questions there are: Who am I? What do I stand for? And how am I going to stay alive?
From Edgar Award winning and bestselling author Andrew Klavan comes the first installment of The Homelanders series.
Exciting young adult suspense novel Approximately 82,000 words Part of the Homelanders series Book 1: The Last Thing I Remember Book 2: The Long Way Home Book 3: The Truth of the Matter Book 4: The Final Hour
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
The first young adult novel from Edgar-winner Klavan, which kicks off the Homelanders series, offers fast-paced action sequences, but disappoints with a weak plot. Charlie West is a good student, a black belt at karate and has finally asked out his dream girl. One night, he goes to sleep and wakes up to find himself one year in the future at a secret compound, with no memory of what's happened to him. He manages to escape, and as he evades his former captors. he discovers that he's also a fugitive from the law and has somehow been drawn into an Islamist terrorist conspiracy. Details of the last day Charlie remembers are slowly filled in over the course of his escape, but the most intriguing parts of the novel are the present-day action sequences; although Charlie often gets lucky, he's also very capable of recognizing that luck and taking advantage of opportunities when they arise. Unfortunately, he's never really given any room to grow in his personal beliefs or character, with his certainty that he's always correct consistently getting reinforced throughout. Ages 14 up.
Customer Reviews
A school favorite 5/5
I remember finding this book in a desk in the 6th or 7th grade; it’s grey cover and memory of the boy having lost his and being hunted was my fondest memory of it what happened in it, but it’s the feeling I had when reading it back then. I’m hardly a reader, but when a book catches my attention, i I can’t put it down, and this is one of those books! So captivating, such a rush as I followed along emerging into his life… every turn and tragedy had be on the edge of my seat and wanting more.
It took me a while to find it again by searching random events in the books, but here it is! The Last Thing I Remember:) I can’t wait to dive back in to it and experience the nostalgia, but also the simple joy of reading a book I like. that’s hard to come by.
Good job on writing this book, the team and the author!
Buy the omnibus for the same price
This is an outstanding page turner. You will not want to stop with book one, so just buy the four-in-one Homelanders for the same price as this one volume.
The last thing I remember
Kid book. Say’s same thing over and over and over,,,,