The Broadcast
by Liam Fialkov
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Pub Date May 17 2018 | Archive Date Nov 30 2018
Description
Twenty-two years after her newborn baby was seized from her, Sarah follows a popular television series, titled The Broadcast. She senses that, in some mysterious way, the show may lead her to finding her long-lost son.
The Broadcast airs footage of recent unsolved crimes and historical events going back two thousand years.
The recordings are impossible… yet they seem genuine. The show’s producer refuses to reveal the mysterious source of the astonishing footage.
A well-known journalist is bent on exposing the show as an elaborate scam.
A respected professor claims there is a scientific explanation for the remarkable films. Public opinion is divided between those who believe in the authenticity of the films and those who think it is fraud.
How long can the makers of the show keep the shattering secret that threatens what we know about our world and our history?
Sarah and her husband Jonathan face the task of confronting and re-experiencing the traumas of the past. They have to untie the chains that prevent them from fully living their lives and realizing their inherent potential.
This captivating psychological thriller is as enigmatic and gripping as the television series itself. It intertwines personal drama with suspenseful twists and turns, all leading to an astonishing conclusion.
* If you are looking for a story filled with mystery and a great plot, then this is the book for you. I was hooked from the very beginning until the last page.
- Official Review - OnlineBookClub.org
* A complex suspense tale which convincingly examines esoteric characters.
In addition to the mystery of Walter’s unnamed source, this book is also an engrossing melodrama. Backstories are particularly strong, from 2-year-old Jonathan experiencing a car accident to nuns taking away teen Sarah’s baby while she’s at a convent.
- Kirkus Reviews
Liam Fialkov lived many years in the mountainous region of central California, where he found inspiration for this book.
He is a writer, a poet, a musician, a dreamer, and an anthropologist. The Broadcast is his second novel.
Advance Praise
If you are looking for a story filled with mystery and a great plot, then this is the book for you. I was hooked from the very beginning until the last page.
- From the official review - OnlineBookClub.org
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Featured Reviews
Robin B, Reviewer
The characters in this book are very complex and well developed. Sarah’s background as a sixteen year old pregnant girl sent away by her family affects her life in the future greatly. Jonathon’s parents were killed in a car crash when he was two, and he and his brother were split up in foster care. These two monumental events in their early life shape everything that happens in the future. While they love each other very much, their marriage isn’t really what it should be. They do bond over a new tv show called The Broadcast. This show takes cold cases and shows a grainy video taken from a view above the event and helps the police to solve the case. Later on, the show takes historical events and broadcasts them in the same manner. There is a lot of controversy over the show, some think it’s a hoax, religious leaders are against it as they don’t want people to see the actual events in case it would affect their beliefs. Other characters have this show affecting their lives and the author leaves many breadcrumbs that really keep the flow of the story going and pique the reader’s interest. I highly recommend this book.
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