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Resurrection Day
The world's most powerful man...held to ransom by the world's most wanted terrorist. A chilling message is delivered to the US president by the world's most wanted terrorist - a message that begins a daring siege, and America's worst nightmare. A terrorist cell hidden deep in the American capitol is ready to unleash a terrifying new secret weapon of mass destruction - one so powerful it can decimate Washington and tear apart the Russian Federation - unless their demands are met within seven days. When Washington and Moscow agree a joint plan to hunt down the terrorists and neutralise their threat before the deadline expires, FBI counter-terrorist expert Jack Collins is put in charge of the manhunt alongside Alexei Kursk, one of Russia's top investigators. For them the hunt is personal...
752 pages, Paperback
First published July 4, 2002
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About the author
Glenn Meade
34 books398 followersGlenn Meade was born into a working-class family in Dublin, Ireland. After finishing secondary school he had a tough time choosing between studying theology or engineering, but eventually engineering won out and he studied telecommunications. Soon after graduating, he lived and worked in New Hampshire. He worked as a specialist in the field of pilot training—having had a life-long interest in aviation—and has also been a journalist for the Irish Times and the Independent.
While living in New Hampshire, he persistently tried to interview the famously reclusive author of CATCHER IN THE RYE, J.D. Salinger, an effort that only served to vex Salinger, who set his dogs on Meade, who luckily managed to outrun Salinger’s hounds and survive.
He began writing in earnest in the late eighties, when he wrote and directed his own plays, mostly for the Strand Theatre in Dublin, but Meade decided to turn his efforts to thriller writing in the mid-nineties.
His novels to date—SNOW WOLF, BRANDENBURG, THE SANDS OF SAKKARA, RESURRECTION DAY, WEB OF DECEIT, THE DEVIL’S DISCIPLE, THE SECOND MESSIAH—have been translated into twenty-six languages, and have enjoyed critical and commercial success.
His first novel, BRANDENBURG, about a neo-Nazi resurgence in present-day Europe, came about when he travelled to Germany to write an article for the Times on the billions in Nazi gold that went missing at the end of the Second World War. Quite by accident, he met an elderly former SS officer who told him a remarkable and highly personal tale about his part in keeping a disturbing war-time secret. That story became the inspiration for BRANDENBURG.
Several of his novels were also inspired by his journalistic work but inspiration only takes you so far and Meade claims that to produce anything of worth it always comes down to the same three constants: hard work, prayer, and putting your imagination through the wringer.
Critics have compared the standard of his work to that of Frederick Forsyth, John le Carre, and Tom Clancy, and his stories have tended to be a tantalising blend of fact and fiction. SNOW WOLF won the prestigious thriller of the year award by the Japanese Writer's Guild (second place went to Stephen King's THE GREEN MILE).
He has also worked on several Hollywood scripts but Meade confesses that employment in Tinsletown was not a pleasant experience and he has learned to stick to the golden rule for novelists whose work is bought by Hollywood—gratefully accept the pay check, walk away and just pray that they don’t turn your treasured story into a musical.
Meade has earned a reputation for meticulously researched stories and has travelled extensively—to Russia, the Middle East, Europe—to research his novels. For RESURRECTION DAY, a highly realistic thriller about a dramatic attack on the US capital by an Al Qaeda terror group armed with a chemical weapon of mass destruction, and completed three weeks before the events of September 11th, he spent many months in Washington DC. He interviewed senior White House staff, former Secret Service agents, US Federal emergency planners, and senior FBI terrorist experts, some of whom were later involved in the hunt for Al Qaeda terrorist suspects on US soil. One former senior FBI source, John O’Neill, who helped Meade, was killed in the September 11th attacks, having resigned from the bureau only months prior to taking up a new post—as head of security at the Twin Towers.
RESURRECTION DAY was published internationally but Meade’s then New York publisher considered it too raw a subject for the US, coming so soon after 9/11, and they parted company. However, the work garnered rave reviews and much media attention in Europe.
Having read the book, Newt Gingrich, then a member of the Hart-Rudd commission (set up post 9/11 by President George Bush with responsibility for determining future likely terrorist threats against the US) was so impressed that he contacted Meade and kindly offe
While living in New Hampshire, he persistently tried to interview the famously reclusive author of CATCHER IN THE RYE, J.D. Salinger, an effort that only served to vex Salinger, who set his dogs on Meade, who luckily managed to outrun Salinger’s hounds and survive.
He began writing in earnest in the late eighties, when he wrote and directed his own plays, mostly for the Strand Theatre in Dublin, but Meade decided to turn his efforts to thriller writing in the mid-nineties.
His novels to date—SNOW WOLF, BRANDENBURG, THE SANDS OF SAKKARA, RESURRECTION DAY, WEB OF DECEIT, THE DEVIL’S DISCIPLE, THE SECOND MESSIAH—have been translated into twenty-six languages, and have enjoyed critical and commercial success.
His first novel, BRANDENBURG, about a neo-Nazi resurgence in present-day Europe, came about when he travelled to Germany to write an article for the Times on the billions in Nazi gold that went missing at the end of the Second World War. Quite by accident, he met an elderly former SS officer who told him a remarkable and highly personal tale about his part in keeping a disturbing war-time secret. That story became the inspiration for BRANDENBURG.
Several of his novels were also inspired by his journalistic work but inspiration only takes you so far and Meade claims that to produce anything of worth it always comes down to the same three constants: hard work, prayer, and putting your imagination through the wringer.
Critics have compared the standard of his work to that of Frederick Forsyth, John le Carre, and Tom Clancy, and his stories have tended to be a tantalising blend of fact and fiction. SNOW WOLF won the prestigious thriller of the year award by the Japanese Writer's Guild (second place went to Stephen King's THE GREEN MILE).
He has also worked on several Hollywood scripts but Meade confesses that employment in Tinsletown was not a pleasant experience and he has learned to stick to the golden rule for novelists whose work is bought by Hollywood—gratefully accept the pay check, walk away and just pray that they don’t turn your treasured story into a musical.
Meade has earned a reputation for meticulously researched stories and has travelled extensively—to Russia, the Middle East, Europe—to research his novels. For RESURRECTION DAY, a highly realistic thriller about a dramatic attack on the US capital by an Al Qaeda terror group armed with a chemical weapon of mass destruction, and completed three weeks before the events of September 11th, he spent many months in Washington DC. He interviewed senior White House staff, former Secret Service agents, US Federal emergency planners, and senior FBI terrorist experts, some of whom were later involved in the hunt for Al Qaeda terrorist suspects on US soil. One former senior FBI source, John O’Neill, who helped Meade, was killed in the September 11th attacks, having resigned from the bureau only months prior to taking up a new post—as head of security at the Twin Towers.
RESURRECTION DAY was published internationally but Meade’s then New York publisher considered it too raw a subject for the US, coming so soon after 9/11, and they parted company. However, the work garnered rave reviews and much media attention in Europe.
Having read the book, Newt Gingrich, then a member of the Hart-Rudd commission (set up post 9/11 by President George Bush with responsibility for determining future likely terrorist threats against the US) was so impressed that he contacted Meade and kindly offe
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October 18, 2011
This book reminds me of why I like well-written thriller/adventure novels. Meade describes a terrorist plot to destroy Washington, D.C. by Al-Qaeda terrorists using a weapon of mass destruction. Shifting between White House discussions about how to deal with the threat, the inner workings of the terrorist cell and the frantic FBI-led investigation to find the device and disarm it, Meade creates a realistic plot and believable characters.
After reading Meade's three previous novels I anticpated more of his work but was dismayed to find his next three books (Resurrection Day being the first) were not readily available in the U.S. I received my copy of Resurrection Day as a gift from my father-in-law who purchased a used paperback edition online from a bookshop in the UK. It was worth the wait and will definitely spur me on to find copies of his other books not widely available in the U.S.
After reading Meade's three previous novels I anticpated more of his work but was dismayed to find his next three books (Resurrection Day being the first) were not readily available in the U.S. I received my copy of Resurrection Day as a gift from my father-in-law who purchased a used paperback edition online from a bookshop in the UK. It was worth the wait and will definitely spur me on to find copies of his other books not widely available in the U.S.
July 1, 2018
Yazarin kitaplari genellikle baslangic asamasinda, sakin. Ortalara dogru nefesinizi tutarak okuyacaginiz oykuler. Sonlar cok surprizler barindiriyor.
Kar kurdu ve Romanov ailesi bence yazarin master-piece lero. Ama bu kitapta hic fena degil.
Uzun olmasi belki yorucu ama konu ile uzaktan bile biraz ilginiz var ise mutlaka okumanizi tavsiye ederim.
Bu arada ne kadar dogru bilmiyorum ama kitabin icerigi ve gerceklesen reel teror saldirilarinin zamanlamalari da cok dusundurucu...
Kar kurdu ve Romanov ailesi bence yazarin master-piece lero. Ama bu kitapta hic fena degil.
Uzun olmasi belki yorucu ama konu ile uzaktan bile biraz ilginiz var ise mutlaka okumanizi tavsiye ederim.
Bu arada ne kadar dogru bilmiyorum ama kitabin icerigi ve gerceklesen reel teror saldirilarinin zamanlamalari da cok dusundurucu...
December 22, 2020
One of the best thriller novels i have read so far.
Once you start reading you wont keep the book down.
Worlds most powerful man held in Ransom by Worlds most wanted terrorist.
Its really a roller coaster ride with lots and ups and downs.
The most cunning terrorist has planted a tickling bio warfare in the heart of the city and is now negotiating with the President of USA for a heavy price.
This one will really keep you on your edge.
Once you start reading you wont keep the book down.
Worlds most powerful man held in Ransom by Worlds most wanted terrorist.
Its really a roller coaster ride with lots and ups and downs.
The most cunning terrorist has planted a tickling bio warfare in the heart of the city and is now negotiating with the President of USA for a heavy price.
This one will really keep you on your edge.
December 29, 2024
Three stars because his other work is so good
March 6, 2019
Written before 9/11, this novel is about a fictional terrorist attack on Washington DC where the terrorist mastermind, Abu Hasim through his cell leader Mohamed Rashid threaten the US government with a VX based nerve gas. The blackmail being they must arrange the release of numerous Islamic fundamentalist prisoners and withdraw the US military from the Middle East within the week or Washington DC becomes a graveyard.
Despite it being a bit of a longer novel at 742 pages it certainly doesn't drag things out as some books do, everything felt like it had a purpose and the pace was well formed slowly building to the climax at the end of the book. There's a few sub plots that keep your interest as the main plot line builds and everything threads together nicely.
I enjoyed this much more than the other Glenn Meade book I previously read, Snow Wolf.
Despite it being a bit of a longer novel at 742 pages it certainly doesn't drag things out as some books do, everything felt like it had a purpose and the pace was well formed slowly building to the climax at the end of the book. There's a few sub plots that keep your interest as the main plot line builds and everything threads together nicely.
I enjoyed this much more than the other Glenn Meade book I previously read, Snow Wolf.
May 16, 2008
Author back to form after slighly disappointing Sands of Sakura, this book was apparently wrote before 9/11. Plot centres around terroists planning to bomb US, very good read.
August 25, 2018
Veelbelovend maar anno 2018 te weinig verrassend.
Een lijfig boek (620 pagina's - klein lettertype) waarin de dreiging van een verschrikkelijke terreurdaad centraal staat. Het verhaal wordt zeer gedetailleerd en realistisch beschreven. Het begint allemaal veelbelovend maar het wordt op de duur toch een beetje langdradig. Ik had graag wat meer plotwendingen en verrassingen gezien om de 620 pagina's te vullen. Op den duur wordt het toch allemaal een beetje saai. Voor mij is het verhaal ook wat gedateerd. Het boek is geschreven rond de eeuwwisseling en wanneer je het boek nu leest heb je toch al vlug een deja vu gevoel (hierbij denk ik dan aan TV Series zoals 24, homeland, ...)
In dit genre vind ik het boek "Ik ben Pelgrim" (een boek met een zelfde thema) veel verrassender en met veel meer variatie gebracht. Conclusie: Een goed boek? Ja, maar de hedendaagse standaarden voor dergelijke verhalen liggen voor mij hoger. Score 3,5 . Op Hebban score een voldoende.
Een lijfig boek (620 pagina's - klein lettertype) waarin de dreiging van een verschrikkelijke terreurdaad centraal staat. Het verhaal wordt zeer gedetailleerd en realistisch beschreven. Het begint allemaal veelbelovend maar het wordt op de duur toch een beetje langdradig. Ik had graag wat meer plotwendingen en verrassingen gezien om de 620 pagina's te vullen. Op den duur wordt het toch allemaal een beetje saai. Voor mij is het verhaal ook wat gedateerd. Het boek is geschreven rond de eeuwwisseling en wanneer je het boek nu leest heb je toch al vlug een deja vu gevoel (hierbij denk ik dan aan TV Series zoals 24, homeland, ...)
In dit genre vind ik het boek "Ik ben Pelgrim" (een boek met een zelfde thema) veel verrassender en met veel meer variatie gebracht. Conclusie: Een goed boek? Ja, maar de hedendaagse standaarden voor dergelijke verhalen liggen voor mij hoger. Score 3,5 . Op Hebban score een voldoende.
June 17, 2020
Thanks to #BooksGoSocial and #NetGalley for letting me read this book in exchange for an honest feedback.
Kudos to Glenn Meade for this riveting, suspenseful and action-packed thriller. There are many parts that had me on the edge of my seat, as the plot unfolded. A good job too on the characters, especially the main protagonists and the President. They were people driven by different desires: to exact revenge for loss, to save a soul gone rogue, to save a big city and its inhabitants from annihilation. The finale is gripping enough. There is so much tension in the air, as the FBI had the terrorists in their sight.
Like 9/11, Resurrection Day is a story that cannot be far from reality. Much as I hate to think about it, I just pray that it will not be a real story played out on the daily news.
A compelling read!!
Kudos to Glenn Meade for this riveting, suspenseful and action-packed thriller. There are many parts that had me on the edge of my seat, as the plot unfolded. A good job too on the characters, especially the main protagonists and the President. They were people driven by different desires: to exact revenge for loss, to save a soul gone rogue, to save a big city and its inhabitants from annihilation. The finale is gripping enough. There is so much tension in the air, as the FBI had the terrorists in their sight.
Like 9/11, Resurrection Day is a story that cannot be far from reality. Much as I hate to think about it, I just pray that it will not be a real story played out on the daily news.
A compelling read!!
May 18, 2022
A scary book in the possibility of it becoming real and prescient for its similarity to 9 11.
How awful the English and Israeli have been to Arabs. Wherever the English have been has led to ongoing problems in their wake. Northern Ireland, Israel, India, Pakistan, Iran,Iraq, the list is endless. But then American lust for oil and money. They too have much to answer for. Their unwillingness to hold Israel accountable for running an apartheid state, murder, stealing land and housing.
I'm not to excuse Arab terrorism and I had some sympathy for the Russian plans in this book. Religious fanaticism, whether it be Islamic, Christian or Jewish really has no place in our world.
How awful the English and Israeli have been to Arabs. Wherever the English have been has led to ongoing problems in their wake. Northern Ireland, Israel, India, Pakistan, Iran,Iraq, the list is endless. But then American lust for oil and money. They too have much to answer for. Their unwillingness to hold Israel accountable for running an apartheid state, murder, stealing land and housing.
I'm not to excuse Arab terrorism and I had some sympathy for the Russian plans in this book. Religious fanaticism, whether it be Islamic, Christian or Jewish really has no place in our world.
December 7, 2022
The concept was intriguing and the characters myriad. The scope of this novel was so broad and the character development so shallow that it diminished the story for me. As the plot unfolds, I envisioned a satisfying climax involving a few of the initial people introduced. The stage was set for an epic battle between a courageous protagonist and delightfully evil villain. This never came to fruition but was overrun by mind numbing amount of details. I did not enjoy this nearly as much as other novels by Meade.
July 27, 2020
Great story (and very relevant to the circumstances we find ourselves in today) but the beginning was over-complicated by the introduction of too many characters. I couldn't work out who was who and had to keep going back over who each one was. Once I was a bit further in I was gripped by the story and thought the settings were really well written. Worth a read if you can get past the first quarter of the book.
July 22, 2021
This was my first ever Glenn Meade book and I was swept away by how he interweaves several minor plotlines into one. This is a great book, well written, fast paced and always adds intrigue as you go through it. The plotline of ALQ, CIA, Moles, Terrorists, gangsters all combined into one plot in a race against time.
September 6, 2022
Oldukça etkileyici, gerçekçi ve gerisinde çok iyi bir araştırma olduğu belli olan sürükleyici bir roman. Meade'nin romanın taslağını 11 Eylül saldırısından hemen önce bitirmş olması da ilginçliğini artırıyor.
October 11, 2022
Cok averaj bir espionage’di. Sadece baslarda surukleyiciydi, sonradan tempo iyice dustu bana kalirsa. Baya dumduz, ayni dogrultuda seyretti. Kar Kurdu ve Romanov Komplosu’yla kiyaslayamiyorum bile. Sasirtici, ilgi cekici hicbir yani yoktu. 3/5
June 23, 2024
Heel sterk geschreven. Je wordt echt het verhaal ingezogen. Helaas wel een thriller die vrij dicht bij de realiteit ligt en waar je eigenlijk niet over na wil denken. Toch zeker een aanrader dit boek.
April 2, 2019
Way too long dude...
January 7, 2021
Did not finish
May 16, 2021
Başarılı.
July 16, 2021
Gripping thriller, easy read. Worth reading his other books
February 18, 2023
Almost perfect.
September 17, 2024
Brilliant, edge of seat read.
November 17, 2025
Sehr spannend, toll geschrieben, empfehlenswert
February 6, 2016
Kitabın başlarında Amerika'nın güya elinde bulundurduğu uydu teknolojisi hakkında iyi uydurmuş. Ben Tubitak'da uydu yapıyorum ve dünyadaki tüm uydu üreticileriyle irtibat halindeyim. Haliyle ne mümkün ne mümkün değil çok iyi biliyorum. Gerçeğe çok yakın yazıyor denilen Glenn Meade burada ağır saçmalamış. Neyse bunu birçok Hollywood filminde de sık sık gördüğümüzden artık alıştık.
Konu radikal dinci teröristler olunca müslümanlığı kötüleyip Amerikan propagandası yapar diye düşündüm ama yapmadı. Hatta tarafsız okuyanlar müslümanlara zulmedildiğini düşünür. İsrail'in Filistin, Rusya'nın Çeçen halkına yaptığı katliamlardan bahsederken çuvaldızı kendilerine batırmış bu konuda takdir ettim.
Bir iki yer çok gereksizdi resmen laf kalabalığı olmuş. Buralardan puan kırarsak 4,5'dan 5 yıldızı hakediyor.
Konu radikal dinci teröristler olunca müslümanlığı kötüleyip Amerikan propagandası yapar diye düşündüm ama yapmadı. Hatta tarafsız okuyanlar müslümanlara zulmedildiğini düşünür. İsrail'in Filistin, Rusya'nın Çeçen halkına yaptığı katliamlardan bahsederken çuvaldızı kendilerine batırmış bu konuda takdir ettim.
Bir iki yer çok gereksizdi resmen laf kalabalığı olmuş. Buralardan puan kırarsak 4,5'dan 5 yıldızı hakediyor.
May 30, 2011
The happy, fairy-tale ending, the explanationof a mystery, the solving of a crime and the victory of good over evil are all popular, redemptive features in books. We like them because they appeal to our craving for righteousness.
I had a few days off work so I indulged my love of redemptive closure by racing through this action-packed adventure novel. Like all good examples of this genre, the plot travels the globe charting the course of several key characters.
We follow events during a week that could change the world. Politics, religion, love, friendship, money and power create a heady mix of page-turning action in a race towards what the title promises – a resurrection day. I was hooked. I finished the book in just over a day!
I had a few days off work so I indulged my love of redemptive closure by racing through this action-packed adventure novel. Like all good examples of this genre, the plot travels the globe charting the course of several key characters.
We follow events during a week that could change the world. Politics, religion, love, friendship, money and power create a heady mix of page-turning action in a race towards what the title promises – a resurrection day. I was hooked. I finished the book in just over a day!
February 8, 2019
El Kaide'nin Washington'da patlamayı planladığı kimyasal bomba ile Amerikan hükümetine yaptığı şantajı ve bombanın bulunarak terörist hücrenin yok edilmesini çok güzel kurgulamış. Heyecanla okunuyor tabi okuyucuya ne kattığı ise diğer macera romanları gibi tartışmalı. Ancak sürekleyici bir üslupla yazıldığından oluksuz okunuyor.
December 11, 2010
it's well written but it's basically a season of 24 as a novel. nothing wrong with that admittedly but the tension and excitement is hugely diminished havng seen jack bauer deal with problems like this in half an hour. a good thriller just feels dated
June 22, 2011
Gelezen in Nederlandse vertaling (As van het kwaad)
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January 2, 2015
Another brilliant book!
January 19, 2016
Tedious
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