Exile Hunter

The Kamas Trilogy #3

by Preston Fleming

“Pure energy in print form, whether the characters are being pursued or simply talking; Fleming has proven himself a craftsman.” KIRKUS REVIEWS “As with all of Preston Fleming's previous books, EXILE HUNTER weaves together the harsh realities of personal betrayal, physical torment, emotional pain, and a spiritual quest with astute intelligence.” BOOKPLEASURES.COM EXILE HUNTER, the third book in the Kamas Trilogy, begins in 2023, one year before the Kamas revolt, in a dystopian America ruled by a tyrannical President-for-Life who turns America’s military and intelligence assets against his domestic enemies. The protagonist, an undercover officer specializing in targeting exiled political opponents, becomes the scapegoat for a failed operation and is sent to die in a corrective labor camp near the Arctic Circle. But, defying all odds, he survives, escapes and devotes his remaining energies to finding and aiding a woman whose family he has ruined. READERS' FAVORITE BOOK AWARDS WINNER 2014 (FICTION-DYSTOPIA) Beirut, 2023: When undercover intelligence officer Warren Linder agrees to lure an exiled opponent of the President-for-Life back to impoverished, low-tech, post-Civil War II America, Linder is unaware that the target is his childhood sweetheart’s father. On learning this, he ignores his better instincts and plunges ahead. But a surprise encounter with the woman who rejected him years before triggers a change in Linder that derails the operation. His bosses, suspecting treachery, capture Linder along with the target and his daughter and spirit them back to the U.S. aboard a secret rendition flight. Linder’s ensuing journey takes him from Beirut to a Virginia interrogation center and on to an Arctic labor camp; then, after a nearly impossible winter escape, on a 2000-mile trek to the Utah Security Zone, where his onetime love was last held. Though he finds her, their respective ordeals have changed them. The story reaches a climax in the couple’s home town of Cleveland, where Linder aims to recover his former target’s last cache of rebel funds and use it to take his loved ones beyond the regime’s reach. EXILE HUNTER is a tragic yet life-affirming saga of a man who risks everything to set right past wrongs, regain lost love and resist the tyranny he once served. In EXILE HUNTER, author Preston Fleming offers his most richly imagined vision yet of the future American dystopia introduced in FORTY DAYS AT KAMAS, while endowing the story’s characters with complexity and a remarkable capacity for growth. Warren Linder's epic journey crackles with excitement at every step and leads to a deeply satisfying conclusion. Devoted Fleming readers will likely consider EXILE HUNTER the author's best work by far.

Genres: Science Fiction, Fiction, Thriller, Dystopia, Action

426 pages, Kindle Edition

First published April 20, 2014

About the author

Preston Fleming writes realist thrillers set in exceptional times and places, from Siberia during the Russian Civil War (MAID OF BAIKAL), to explosive 1980s Beirut (DYNAMITE FISHERMEN), to a near-future gulag-style labor camp in Utah (FORTY DAYS AT KAMAS). His experience as a diplomat, lawyer and corporate executive, combined with his ultra-lean writing style, lend rare authenticity to his stories. All of Preston’s six novels have received praise from KIRKUS REVIEWS and other publications. Preston is a native of Cleveland, Ohio, but left home at fourteen for boarding school and has been on the move ever since. Today he and his wife live in Utah’s Wasatch Mountains with a Belgian Sheepdog they rescued after it bit too many humans in Delaware. Connect with Preston at his website (prestonfleming.com) or on Amazon.com, GoodReads.com, LibraryThing.com, Twitter or Facebook. To learn about new releases and free book giveaways, follow Preston on Bookbub.com.

Reviews

[Jeff · Rating 5 out of 5]

The US President has become a President for Life, and the country is run by Unionist loyalists. Those insurgents opposing this new world are hunted down and sent to prisoner camps in remote Western states.

Warren Linder, a 38 year old Journeyman CIA case officer, has a history as a self-starter, but he is now disillusioned and filled with regret with what his life has turned into, including escapism through alcohol, and chronic nightmares featuring the people he had targeted

With the growing isolationism of the USA driving a shrinking role for intelligence officers, Linder accepts the proposal of a self-promoting former comrade and joins the Department of State Security to utilize his skills and experience. His first assignment is to gain the confidence of a very wealthy emigre' insurgent leader in Beirut in order to bring him back to the USA. Linder must pose as an insurgent leader from a restricted zone out in Utah. Through extreme coincidence unknown to DSS, Linder may have familiarity with the targeted insurgent and his daughter due to some childhood experiences.

Linder's role-playing is outed by the target, and DSS management exacts a revenge on Linder through the Unionist kanagaroo court system and prison camps. American life has changed due to diverse events such as a war in Russia and natural event calamities. The narrative of Linder adjusting to the camps and his fellow inmates is far beyond any ordinary story one wll find in the marketplace today. Much of Canada has been annexed to the USA for purposes of state security, and Linder must determine if he is to survive in a Yukon mining and logging camp. We learn of the USA under the President for Life from the experiences of the DSS prisoners who have offended the state through their questioning and actions.

The adventure that unfolds beyond this point is thoroughly credible and captivating. Survival skills come into play during months in the wild. Impressive author wilderness survival research and knowledge bears fruit; I loved it.

Readers will find EXILE HUNTER is a story of the personal redemption of intelligence officer Warren Linder, and it gives the reader great satisfaction on several levels.

It is hard to put down the book.
I recommend this book without qualification.

Readers should be interested in Preston Fleming's KAMAS TRILOGY prequel works: FORTY DAYS AT KAMAS and STAR CHAMBER BROTHERHOOD.

[Alan · Rating 5 out of 5]

I thoroughly enjoyed this spy adventure/thriller set in the world of the dystopian “Forty Days at Kamas” of a post American Civil War II. Follow Warren Linder, a former CIA agent now working for the DSS (Department of State Security), in a gripping spy adventure of betrayal, love, and the desire to make reparation. Follow Linder into the icy Yukon Prison camps and travel a near- impossible 2000 miles towards a hoped-for freedom and to fulfil a promise and find a lost love. The book is well written and very descriptive. Even though I read this book during an African heat wave I could feel the gripping cold of frostbite of Alaskan snow storms. My only objection is that the first couple of chapters were a little slow in development, but the remainder of the book more than made up with faced past and gripping action right through to the very end. I was quite sorry that the book came to an end as I was ready for more and here's hoping that the author can find a few more stories to tell that are set in this not too distant and maybe likely world. While “Exile Hunter” is the third instalment in a series starting with "Forty Days at Kamas" it doesn’t need to be read in sequence standing as an independent story. I won’t hesitate to recommend and read any of Preston Fleming's books.

[Bill Thibadeau · Rating 5 out of 5]

Full disclosure: I received this book free from the author for an honest and unbiased review so here goes.

I have read all three of the Kamas Trilogy books. Other reviewers will certainly summarize the story for you so I will pass on that. What I want to address is one of the things I use to rate a book. I feel that the development of characters is central to how much I enjoy reading. Mr. Fleming is first rate on this score. If I were an artist, I feel that I would be able to draw portraits of every character with a speaking part. Even though there are easily more than a dozen characters that contribute to the story, I felt each was developed to the point that even their personality was manifest.

The underlying storyline is really rather uncomplicated and straightforward. What makes this book so exceptional (true for the entire series) are the underlying sub-stories interwoven throughout the primary plot line. We have the opportunity to experience many of the experiences of the characters as the story unfolds.

This author has the ability to write fairly long books (400 pages) and keep them interesting throughout. I will now read the Beirut series to continue reading this fine author. I urge all of you reading this review to seek out the Kamas Trilogy.

[Barry · Rating 5 out of 5]

**disclaimer** I also received this book free from the author in exchange for writing a review>

That being said, I thoroughly enjoyed this book as well. I had read the other 2 books in this trilogy and I believe this one is the best one. The story takes place in the future after the Second Civil War and the elected President names himself President for life.

This book centers around Warren Linder, a Department of State Security officer, that becomes caught up in an operation to recover stolen bank funds from the civil war. His bosses turn on him and he ends up in a prison camp in Alaska close to the arctic circle.

I don't want to give up much more of the plot line. but it is very well written and the characters have good depth to them that helps you to get to really feel like you know them.

[Priscilla Ruegg · Rating 5 out of 5]

Exile Hunter is the best Fleming book to date. Well researched and craftily written, this book takes the reader from Beirut to the Yukon Territories on an adventure that is much too short. Describing the woes that the President for Life is handing us by slowly removing our treasured freedoms, this book engages the reader's psyche and won't let go. Stay tuned as Fleming grabs your interest and rockets you into the world of espionage as you gasp for the breath of freedom.
This book is at the top of the mystery genre. Enjoy!!

[April · Rating 5 out of 5]

This story is all about the AFTER like all the stories in this set. Set in a Post Revolutionary State the United States has become a scary place to live, no longer are we the land of the free, but the free to be charged, imprisoned and whatever else the President for life deems he wants to do! This story is about a man that is an agent with a conscious. Linder must find what he needs to make his life what he wants it to be to free himself from the self torture he has begun. Read all of Preston Flemings books in this series and find your self asking what IF?

[Ceh131973 · Rating 5 out of 5]

[Preston Fleming] is quickly becoming one of my favorite authors. With the third installment of his Kamas Trilogy he again kept me up reading late at night. [Exile Hunter] was the strongest book in the trilogy and that is saying a lot since I loved them all. Also in my experience trilogies third book is usually the weakest.

The intertwining character relationships kept you wanting more. I also like how what you read about in the first two books was reinforced and the story truly continued.

I will be looking for more books by Mr. Fleming.

[William Goldbach · Rating 5 out of 5]

Yes it could happen here

Yes it could happen here

This is a very perceptive novel. Conceived possibly with the idea that when people allow government to do for them what we should doing ourselves we lose all our rights.

[Reviewing Nerds · Rating 4 out of 5]

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The phrase "banality of evil" came to mind, bringing into focus how tyranny was not the product of tyrants alone, but also of ordinary people who accepted the premises of state power and obeyed unjust orders with the attitude that their behavior was perfectly normal.

Title: The title makes one wonder what the story might be about. It perfectly suits the story as its a story about a hunter who was sent to exile.

Title Rating: 3.5/5

Cover: The cover shows someone walking in the shadows. The story is about a journey in shadows and aptly depicts the storyline.

Cover Rating: 3.5/5

Characters: Linder is the protagonist of the story and we see everything through his eyes. His struggles, strengths, remorse, intuition, and actions show us how much a human can endure and still survive. His character shows that a person's ordeals can change him that he becomes an entirely different guy at the end of the story. He is betrayed by the only long-term friend he has and is thrown at a place where there is no escape. He endures more than he could have ever hope in a dystopian America.

Characters Rating:4/5

Review: Nobody could have imagined what an American dystopia could look like but Preston Fleming has shown us a picture which might not be too far. We hear such stories about other countries, feel sad for about a moment and go on with our daily struggles. The author took me on a journey which gave me chills, thinking that there are far worse things out there and we should be thankful for what we have.

The story begins with a guy who so badly wants to go with his hunch but decides not too which puts him in a far away prison. After serving his country for so long he is betrayed and thrown in prison for a crime fabricated against him undermining all his years of service.

The book at some points becomes very slow and you have to force to turn the page but at some places, it's an engaging experience.

Story Rating: 3.5/5

Appreciation: Author’s attention to detail is amazing and he has been able to put a person’s inner thoughts commendably.

Let Downs: It has its highs and lows but overall it makes it for a good read.

Surprise Factor: There are surprises at the end of every chapter but the display of human mental strength is worth all the praise.

Would I be reading more from Preston Fleming: Well the book certainly impressed me and I might want to read a couple more of them in future.

[Lillian Cummings · Rating 4 out of 5]

Would you give in? Warren Linder is a DSS agent that is tired of the job now he feels like it is time to get out. But he knows that he won't be able to get far before they catch him. His latest undercover assignment has put him in a uncomfortable position as he knows the daughter of the man that he is meant to take down. At the last minute he promises to help them with awful results. He is sentenced to hard labour in the Yukon where most men die, but he isn't about to die yet as he knows where Patricia and her daughter Caroline are and he will do anything to try make things right. He escapes with six other men but he is the only one that makes it. But how can he make friends with her now as he is still hiding as he knows that he will never be safe.
Patricia had it hard in the camp and she did everything that she could to protect her daughter but it just seems too hard most days. Can Warren tell her the truth about his involvement in their capture and why she forgive him? He is unable to get his chance with Patricia but he is able to give her daughter a second chance. So in the end he did what he promised even though it almost destroyed him. He is a good man trying to do the right thing and by getting Caroline to safety he became a better man. A good read abit too long winded in places but still an enjoyable read. I was lucky enough to receive a copy from the author.

[Dave · Rating 3 out of 5]

Thank you to Preston Fleming for this Kindle copy of Exile Hunter.

I enjoyed the story, but find again that so many e-books are released without a lot of editing. Most times I see grammatical errors. Here, I find issue with details. For example, in one paragraph I read that the tenant hasn't paid for a couple months. A few paragraphs later, it's two weeks. This happened six or eight times, maybe more, through the book. Had it not been for this, I think I would have given a four star, because the story did flow nicely with a good set of characters.

[Michelle Wilson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not your usual ‘in the future book’. Not so far in the future 2023. The US has a president-for-life, and they have annexed part of Canada. For a while I thought the book was going on for ever. Especially after the hero walked out of the Yukon all the way to Utah to help a woman he met when a teenager at a dance class. But it was fascinating and very real. Can’t explain it all here but worth the time, looking forward to other books from this author. Vivid imagination!

[Kevin casey · Rating 5 out of 5]

Awsome

I’ve read the complete trilogy and I must say I was constantly reminded of Orwell’s “1984” and like the author take pause to consider if “Kamas” could take on form in today’s world. These books would make great reading and as a discussion guide in today’s schools. Fabulous story lines and characters that come to line throughout the pages.

[Joan Mills · Rating 5 out of 5]

Prophesy

As we move into post COVID state, the settings characters and events are unsettling. There is a reflection of any democratic country going through trauma and government takeover. Read and heed the prophesies.

[Michelle · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good book

You people should just read this book yourselves and write your own review on this novel yourself and I really enjoyed reading this book very much so. Shelley MA

[Mary Ann · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fast, furious, and intelligent. This is one supercharged adventure!

[Gail McLaren · Rating 5 out of 5]

My review

Really good book. I loved the story and characters. I could almost feel the intense cold of Alaska. Thank you for the opportunity to read your work.
Gail

[Rod · Rating 2 out of 5]

I’m sure it’s good and challenges u to think about what if but it doesn’t hold my attention.
The narrative of the US post civil war is eerily close to threads of what seems to be happening.

[Don · Rating 5 out of 5]

During the early 2020s, Warren Linder, approaching middle age, is an intelligent, honest, but narrow-minded spy working for the Department of State Security (“DSS”). He recently joined the DSS following the end of America’s Second Civil War. The war had drained America’s military and economy, and a series of other ill-fated skirmishes—notably with the Chinese in Manchuria—had damaged America’s military reach. In an effort to save resources, Linder’s previous employer, the CIA, was folded into the DSS out as American military and intelligence assets came home. However, the DSS required agents to wipe up pockets of American insurgents who had escaped to overseas. Linder’s CIA skills and experience could be used in that effort. Linder, not wanting to lose his pension and his pay grade, was glad to find a spot the DSS. While clearly not a fan of the ruling Unionists and the newly appointed President for Life of the United States, politics was not his focus.

In a juxtaposition of today’s world, by the early 2020s, the US was an unstable nation still recovering from Civil War, while Beirut was a politically safe and stable paradise for US insurgents. Linder was called to Beirut by the DSS, His mission: to track down a wealthy insurgent and secure his assets. While in Beirut, Linder was double -crossed by his DSS colleagues. Unlike Linder, who was basically honest and apparently naïve, his colleagues used their position of power to plunder wealth and steal from the overseas insurgents and were intent on getting their hands on this insurgents’ treasures. Linder, unwilling to join in their cabal of corruption, suddenly found he was an enemy of the United States. rather than an agent of the DSS. He landed in an American gulag, a “re-education camp” in the desolate Yukon.

As a result of the shock and the challenges for survival during the harsh winter of the Yukon labor camp, Linder’s entire persona is refined. We watch him rapidly evolve from the narrow-minded bureaucrat to an engaged, compassionate, and sensitive human being. Linder survives as one man against the resources of the United States police state through his cunning and evolving sensitivity.

Warren Linder comes into contact with a number of characters. These include evil representatives of the President for Life’s Unionist regime; the agents who double crossed him, his jailers, and the powerful apparatus of the United States government. The good guys are the insurgents still fighting the Civil War—especially those who robbed Cleveland’s major banks during the Second Civil War, using the cash to finance an insurgency from overseas. Fleming drives us to feel empathy for those insurgents and enmity towards the ruling government. Through his travels in Lebanon, Utah, the Yukon, Canada, and Cleveland Ohio, we experience his energy, the fear, the dog tiredness and exhaustion, and his rare elation. We learn that Linder is a good dancer, and can do a very mean rhumba.

This book is filled with action, politics, beautiful geographies, and stark landscapes.. But there is almost no romance. Linder seems to have had his ability to engage with women stunted by an unrequired teenage crush. Fleming places this woman in Linder’s path, and there are a few moments of passion. But that passion later flames out.

Fleming has written a very enjoyable and creative yarn. His plot is plausible. Set less than ten years in the future, one can imagine the path that might push our nation into a dangerous and costly Civil War. Fleming also draws us into the beauty of Beirut and its environs, and we can viscerally feel the cold dark blowing winter snow of the Yukon and Canada during a frigid winter. In addition, Fleming creates a cast of characters who act as Linder’s agents of survival, without whom Linder would have never survived his continuing challenges. As the book ends, we wonder what will happen next to Linder, his family, and to the United States of America. I hope Fleming will tell us more.

[Heather Doughty · Rating 3 out of 5]

Exile Hunter is the third book of the Kamas Trilogy - however, it can be read as a stand alone book. I did not read the other two books in the series and based on the descriptions of the other two books, the story lines are autonomous and the characters do not cross. What does seem similar is the theme of rising up against the odds through sheer personal strength, optimism, and fortunate opportunity. Another similarity is the time period (2024-2029) during a very turbulent time. The US is not the same as it is today.

This book took me forever to read. There are many long detailed passages describing global politics and the state of affairs. History of the current situation and current setting is explained in many different ways. The reader is given extensive history of the main character, though not in chronological order. I did appreciate that as it broke up the current story nicely (I could have used more of it in the middle during the long trek). There were times I didn't really feel like I understood what was going on and perhaps the other two books in the series would have provided me the proper context - not confident that this is a correct assumption.

Ultimately, the book is about seeking forgiveness, belief in self and others both worldly and spiritually, and determination to find a way when there is no way. At times, the story is quite predictable. There are too many coincidences and conveniences for my liking. I didn't really buy into the long lost love (it was technically from middle school - he really couldn't move on?). And the long trek felt like a long trek when I was reading it. I question that our future in 2024 still includes the USPS or some organization like that where we stamp and mail a letter and phone booths. We barely have phone booths in 2015! I was disappointed in the lack of creativity for technological advances. The author concentrated more on a potential political future for our country based on his experience with recent history.

A huge reading issue comes in about 50% of the book until the end with quotation errors. They are often missing, and it's hard to decipher if the text is speech or thought. It happens often enough to mention it.

What I do appreciate about the book is how well thought out it is. The author clearly knows about writing craft and building story. He has many details connected throughout the book and doesn't leave anything hanging. Though I didn't like the coincidences and convenient events, the author did use them appropriately to move the storyline ahead and create desperate or redeeming situations. The author does do a good job of portraying the main character's strength and determination, his resolve, and his intelligent thought process. People who enjoy well written and crafted inner strength stories should really enjoy this.

For me, the book was a little too long, a few too many details, a few unbelievable events and occurrences that all detracted from my complete enjoyment of the book.

[Kathy · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a dystopian novel about a one-time intelligence officer/operative in a new United States. There has been a second civil war, and out of this emerged a President for Life, an impoverished US, a strong Beirut. In these circumstances, the ex-CIA operative, Linder, agrees, as a member of the Department of State Security, an amalgamation of the CIA, military assets and other intelligence services. At their directive he goes to Beirut after a wealthy insurgent to secure him and his assets. Unlike him, his colleagues are not very honest in their dealings and use their powers and prestige to steal wealth and treasures from overseas insurgents. Linder is betrayed by them and ends up in a Yukon Labor camp gulag where he changes into a sensitive, caring human being, working against the US police state. Throughout his travels, he fights against the state, empathizing with the insurgents, feeling their pain at the current changes in the US. There are stunning, but realistic descriptions of current life and the current world where Lindor lives. The author has definitely made this an engrossing, engaging, realistic book about a future which is not that difficult to picture, based on what we see going around us today. I thoroughly enjoyed this plausible, creative tale, filled with great, well-developed characters and good descriptions of current events and settings. I think anyone who enjoys reading action-filled stories about intelligence or ex-intelligence operatives would enjoy this story. It definitely brings home a message of what might come to pass one day—though we all hope this does not happen. The ending is rather open, as the reader is left to wonder what will happen next to the main character Lindor and/or this new world. I received this from Library thing to read and review.

[Jamie Nicholas · Rating 5 out of 5]

Thought provoking

A timely story of a possible future for America if we take our freedom for granted. Initially, it took me a chapter to really get into it, but the story line is gripping and I didn't want it to end.

[Wendy · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book takes place in the near-future. The government has been seized by the Unionists, any propaganda that the US is still a free country has long since passed, and the hunt is on for any insurgent who committed a perceived crime against the homeland. Warren Linder, a former CIA agent now working with the newly formed DSS, hunts these exiles, whether they are in the US or abroad.

A mission goes wrong in Beirut, and Linder is falsely accused of collaborating with the enemy. Arrested, interrogated and tortured, he is finally sent to a Corrective Labor Camp in the Yukon’s far north.

Fighting for survival and searching for meaning and redemption, Linder takes the reader on a wild ride that ranges from Beirut to the Yukon to Utah and beyond. Readers who enjoy the works of Al Franken and Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn will love this intelligent book. The plausible plot, realistic dialogue and unrelenting pace make this novel hard to put down and will leave you wanting more.

To be honest, I'm not sure why Preston Fleming’s books haven't yet made it onto the NY Times Bestseller List – this is an author to watch! I am happy to recommend this book with a full five-star rating.

Disclosure: I was given a copy of this book by the author in exchange for agreeing to write a fair and honest review. The opinions expressed in this review are solely my own.

[jwals · Rating 4 out of 5]

I received a review copy of this book from the author
Although this is the third book in the Kamas Trilogy, it is a prequel, set in the period prior to and overlapping forty days at Kamas. And can be read as a stand-alone book.

The protagonist Warren Linder a DSS (Department of State Security) officer charged with rendering wanted exiles in Europe and the Middle East back to America for trial and/ or confiscation of their assets.
During an under-cover operation as Joe Tanner, a Mormon rebel leader, Linder’s latest job is to get insurgent financier Philip Eaton to transfer some money to the Mormon rebels so the money can be traced, or failing that put him in a position where he can be abducted.
Eaton see’s through Linder’s impersonation, and assuming he is an agent or officer of the DSS, offers to turn himself in if his family is left alone. Linder agrees to pass the offer on to his superiors and “go to bat” for Eaton. The DSS raid the meeting and arrest the whole family and Linder as well.
Linder realises he is being made a scapegoat for a failed operation when he is charged with accepting bribes and collaborating with the exiles.
After being sentence to life in the Yukon’s Corrective Labor Camps, first in timber camps and then in the mines, Linder seek forgiveness and redemption

[Bruce McNair · Rating 3 out of 5]

Warren Linder works undercover for the US Dept of State Security as a hitman targeting rebel leaders. His conscience is getting the better of him & he longs to be free of his dangerous life. Something goes wrong on his latest assignment and he ends up as a political prisoner. He is then sent to a prison labour camp in the Yukon where he endures extremely harsh treatment from the hard labour, guards, weather & fellow prisoners. He manages to escape with help from some fellow prisoners. Then he undergoes a journey of redemption and promise.

In my opinion, the story showed a lot of promise. However, I felt there was an over reliance on narrative to tell the story. I also thought that parts of the closing stages were a little forced compared to the earlier parts - in particular the deaths of Roger & Patricia. Whereas the journey out of the camp was told in painstaking detail, some major transitions were glossed over towards the end. And the author has left a convenient hook for another book.

In my opinion, this story, although quite good on its own, did not come up to the standard set by the preceding book in the trilogy, Star Chamber Brotherhood.

[Crystal Hutchinson · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a long book. I had a kindle edition, and it felt like 500 pages. The good news is; I was never bored from the first page to the last. Linder is such a well conceived main character, and the story offers the perfect amount of flashbacks and flashforwards to really flesh out his character. I especially enjoy the author's storyline tie into his other books, such as his book 40 Days in Kamas. I love references to other books, it makes the experience so much more personal. The fact that Linder is able to break out of a prison after being charged with false charges and accomplish all the impossible tasks makes this book similar to a "Bourne Identity" type of book. I don't read this type of genre, and this book was very refreshing. School librarians will enjoy the fact that this book is totally appropriate for young adults.

[Barbara Heckendorn · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was the last book of the Kamas Trilogy. The first part of this book was very gripping and interesting, probably due to the fact that it is set out in Beirut and not in the future of the US. The living and the plot is more to the lovely Mediterranean live style. Everything is slowed down, food and drink have a greater importance and how to talk and to negotiate with each other is different but nevertheless amiably. When the plot moves on to the US, the style changed completely. It was getting very cold and odd and matches the Yukon camp perfectly. If this book will be read on its own than this part and its length seems to me absolutely confirm. Because I've read all three books the Yukon camp part was too long and could have been shorten. The escape part was really fascinating and the outcome was a surprise.

[Michael Flanagan · Rating 4 out of 5]

The final book in the Kamas trilogy delivers a story that can stand on its own feet. We are taken another journey into the dystopian world where the US is ran by a President for Life and freedom is just a word. Once again we go inside the labour camps where enemy of the state or sent to rot and die.

This time we follow the story of an agent of the state who has spent his life tracking down the enemies of the state in the European safe havens. He soon comes caught up in a deadly game of betrayal and greed that finds him in a labour camp abandoned by the state and fighting to survive. Without giving away the story this book has all the ingredients for a top class thriller. There are twists mixed with adventure and betrayal and good helping of redemption. I can only hope the author decided to return to the world of Kamas one day as there is so much to explore.

[Angie ~aka Reading Machine~ · Rating 3 out of 5]

Warren Linder poses as Joe Tanner to gain access to Philip Eaton who is actually someone from Linder's past. He knows that his cover is blown but not the real reasons for his imprisonment. He thinks is superiors are hiding something making him question is loyalty. Memories of the past could possibly cloud his judgement but not enough to stop him finding the truth. What are his superiors up too? Will Warren's past effect his judgement? What will this exile hunter do? Your answers await you in Exile Hunter.

Exile Hunter continues to build on the previous book Star Chamber Brotherhood. The characters are likable, real, honest, and or dishonest in sum cases. The story is compelling and unique. Mr. Fleming knows how to build a story and keep your interest. I look forward to reading more of this author in the future.

[Michelle Good · Rating 4 out of 5]

I would have given this book 4.5 stars if I could.

I really enjoyed this book. It had a wonderful plot line which moved along at a good pace. The characters were well developed and I cared about what happened to them. The ending was well done. It wasn't predictable enough to know what going to happen, but I had closure when it was all said and done.

My one concern is whether someone who has never read 40 Days at Kamas will completely understand the post CW II world that Flemming has created. There were times when I wondered if my previous reading gave me additional knowledge that a non-Kamas reader woudln't have. Not that it woudln't still be a good book!