After the First Death

Robert Cormeir

Dell Laurel-Leaf
Random House inc.
Broadway NY

Summary:

"Miro's assigment was to Kill the Driver. Without hesitation. As soon

as the bus arrived at the bridge."

Cormeir creates a brilliantly twisted story about a terrorist group taking a bus of children on their way to a summer swimming spot hostage. Artkin and Miro- patriots of their own accord trained to kill take the bus hostage, drug the children and murder the driver. Ben- sacrificed for the greater cause by his own father, tortured by the terrorists for his faulty information.

Personal Review:

Robert Cormier is brilliant. This book is a total trip. It really makes you think about how your contry is viewed by other Nations and what is actually right in situations. I made my Mom read it too.

Robert Cormier

(Robert Edmund Cormier)
(1925 - 2000)



WARNINGS: MURDER, TERRORISM, HOSTAGE SITUATIONS, SEXUAL CONTENT, LANGUAGE, INSANITY... everything...