Pojutrze

by Allan Folsom, Juliusz Wilczur Garztecki (translator)

This novel weaves together three stories of international intrigue. In the first a doctor is forced to confront his father's killer, in the second a detective investigates a series of horrific murders, while in the third an international organization devises a masterplan of apocalyptic dimensions.

Genres: Thriller, Fiction, Mystery, Suspense, Mystery Thriller, Espionage, Adventure

First published January 1, 1994

About the author

Until the international success of THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW, Allan Folsom was a jobbing screen writer, contributing to such series as Hart to Hart. He lived in Santa Barbara with his wife, an artist, and their young daughter. Mr. Folsom died of complications of melanoma.

Reviews

[Frank · Rating 5 out of 5]

You've read this next line a million times: It had me from the first page. I can assure you that it may never be more true than in this book. Further, it's more likely true not just form the first page, but from the first sentence. Then it's a roller coaster ride across an amazing plot line that crosses generations and continents. This reader was left almost breathless in the end. Speaking of the end, well, ok, I won't speak of the end other than to say "wow" as it sneaks up on you and then leaves your jaw hanging. I enjoyed every single page of this one, and I can't recommend it too highly.

[Zitong Ren · Rating 4 out of 5]

I will say that I did not expect too much from this book, perhaps a four star at the most, at throughout the first three quarters, that was pretty much true with everything around a 7 or 8 out of ten. The ending however got me and that was what made it a five star rating. All the twists and turns were all largely unexpected from me and the confession at the end with truth being revealed completely sold it for me.

This entire book is quite a ride that has and maintains a steady, yet quick pace throughout the entire book with a lot of answers that the reader wants the answer to. The characters were all well crafted and quite believable people from the Doctor who wanted revenge which kicks off a large chain of events that gets us to meet some very different yet very fascinating people. It’s a great thriller and I would recommend it. 9/10

[Dyuti · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Day After Tomorrow was one of the first thrillers that I ever read, at age 12, from my school library.(I presume that the librarian had not read it herself, so as to include in the shelf, considering it had liberal doses of 'between the sheets' activities!)

And I LOVED it!

Err, not the 'between the sheets' part. The book. On the whole. ;)



The plot deals with a doctor who gets drawn into a web of international conspiracy when he chances upon his father's killer in a small cafe in Cafe. What ensues is a battle of wits, with startling revelations, resulting in the chaser becoming the chased, until in the end, he confronts a terrifying truth. A truth which can change the future forever!

I wonder how the author Allan Folsom managed to amalgamate science, history and technology all in the same novel, without letting it seem bogged down with the weight of his research. ( Something I feel happens to Dan Brown every time he starts to write a thriller. His startling facts surpasses his art of story-telling to magnanimous quantities.) Its fast paced, and as one of the critics wrote in the back cover: "Hugely entertaining! I started reading The Day After Tomorrow at 2 in the afternoon and finished reading it, my eyes bleeding at 3 am... I defy you to put it down."


Definitely worth a read, specially if you enjoy this genre.
5 twinkling stars!

[Joan · Rating 5 out of 5]

OMG. This was one of the best books I've ever read. I still remember it - 14 years later! It is amazing how the stories are wound together and the ending is - it just is. I don't remember all the details of the book - its been so long. But any book that I can remember the name and enjoying it and the ending so many years later, gets 5 stars from me!

[Jill · Rating 4 out of 5]

The first thriller I ever read. Such a great story!

[Stacy · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is about a man who is haunted by his father's murder many years earlier, that went unsolved and he is obessed with finding the killer. All he remembers is the mans face, and while on a business trip to Europe, runs into him, starting an international uncovering of murder, big money involved in a rise of neo-nazi power. This book was gripping, page turning, although at times kind of slow, but well worth it.

[Jonathan · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book is bad. Really bad. Of course with any thriller you need to be willing to suspend your disbelief, but with this book you need to brutally murder it, burn the carcass, and scatter the ashes to the four winds. In the end, pure spite and amusement at how ridiculous this book could get are how I pulled myself across the finish line with this one. The only point I'll give to the author is his prediction how Germany would use the EU and a common currency as a means of becoming de facto ruler of Europe. Savvy of him there. Aside from this, the book is an absolute mess. The main character is an unlikeable man-child with astonishingly bad impulse control for a supposedly well-respected surgeon. In a split second he supposedly recognizes his father's murderer from three decades prior and attempts to murder him in a crowded Paris cafe? That's the first page, by the way. It's all downhill from there. Even more grating are the sex scenes, which were put together with all the finesse and understanding of sexual encounters of a ten-year old. Seriously, every single sexual encounter is a marathon. The protagonists literally bang their way across Europe in the first chapters within hours of having met each other. The over-the-top libido Dr. Osborn apparently has would have made Ian Fleming blush. At the very least you'd think or both of them would get a little sore after three straight days! But this is just the tip of the iceberg considering these characters are superhuman who need virtually no food or sleep. Honestly, they never seem to need to recharge. The female protagonist, Vera, would come off a 36 hour shift at the hospital and the only sustenance she needs is apparently five or six rounds in the sack with old Doc Oz. It's beyond absurd and drags on waaaayyyyy too long while adding zero to the story, which may actually have been a good thing considering where this rambling wreck of a trail was heading!
So the good doctor tried to murder a guy he recognized from the brief moment he saw his face three decades prior, because he's certain he's the man who murdered his father. Turns out he's right and this other guy has been on the run from his past with the help of a childhood friend for the past thirty years. Frankly I don't have the energy to recount all the ridiculous twists and turns it takes from here, but all this spirals into an international conspiracy plotted by a mysterious group called "the Organization." This omnipresent outfit has apparently infiltrated every government and international body, has an inexhaustible supply of hitmen and informants, and infinite economic resources. It gets even stupider. Guess who we find out is behind the shadowy group poised to maneuver a reunited Germany into economic hegemony and mastery of Europe. Yep! The Nazis! A core of surviving Nazis have been biding their time executing a long planned contingency hatched in 1938, just in case the war was lost. Pretty far sighted, huh? You don't know the half of it. Apparently the Nazis were so far-sighted they predicted with astonishing accuracy every major event of the late 20th century, including their own eventual defeat, the Cold War, a split Germany, the economic rise of Japan, etc. So if they could essentially predict the future before starting WWII, why didn't they change anything? Don't know! But now the remnants of the notoriously inept Nazi intelligence services are not the verge of perfectly executing a ridiculously complex and precise operation 50 years in the making. Does this all feel a long way and strangely detached from the sexaholic man child, Dr. Osborn attacking a guy in a Paris cafe? Yeah, now you've got a small taste of what its like reading this book.
But the absolute pinnacle of absurdity is saved for the very last sentence of this steaming pile. I won't spoil this because the comedy value is just too rich if you still want to slog through this book. I will say you'll see the big reveal coming from a long, long way off. But if you're like me you'll continue to read with mounting alarm that the author is in fact going to go there!
This honestly has to be one of the worst books I've ever forced myself to get through. So bad that after a while I kept going just to see how much worse it could get. On this point, at least, it does not disappoint.

[Rabbit {Paint me like one of your 19th century gothic heroines!} · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was a long, crazy journey. I loved every moment of it.

Rating: 4.5 stars

[Alberto Delgado · Rating 4 out of 5]

Un libro adictivo, tiene la estructura que utiliza Dan Brown en sus novelas con capitulos muy cortos que te incitan a continuar con el siguiente. Para los amantes de las novelas de suspense totalmente recomendable.

[Ginny · Rating 5 out of 5]

Awesome book. The kind you can't put down. Seriously. Perfect summer beach read!

[Gby · Rating 5 out of 5]

woooooooooow.

[Dennis D. · Rating 1 out of 5]

My brother-in-law once told me that he could never trust my opinions about movies, as he purports that I think that "every movie is the greatest movie ever." Clearly, he exaggerates. C'mon, Rich- everybody on the planet thought "Battlefield Earth" sucked!

But I was called back to his comment as I look over the three- and four- star ratings that I've given to all of the books I've reviewed so far, which got me to thinking: what's the worst book I've read from start to finish? Sorry, darling wife: I call BS on rating something as a "worst read" when you give up on it after 100 pages. What if it turns into something brilliant on Page 116? Then again, I'm anal, and if I start it, I'm generally going to finish it, regardless.

This brings us to "The Day After Tomorrow." This is NOT the basis for the global-warming end-of-life-as North-America-knows-it Jake Gyllenhaal movie. This is an espionage thriller (I'd prefer the term "alleged thriller," in this case), revolving around...well, this summation by the School Library Journal sums it up nicely: "Paul Osborn, an orthopedic surgeon from Los Angeles, looks up from his table in a Paris cafe and sees the face of the man who murdered his father 30 years earlier. At the same time as he is pursuing the killer, the London police have a series of decaptitated corpses on their hands; Osborn falls in love with the French Prime Minister's mistress; and a German industrialist is recuperating from a stroke in a private sanatorium in Arizona." Yeah, that.

About the only positive thing I could say about this book, is that it starts out fast and with promise. For the first half-dozen chapters or so, I thought I had stumbled onto a goodie. Unfortunately, the plot gets really predictable and really formulaic just as quickly. The action becomes implausible; the protagonist is just your everyday average medical doctor who magically evolves into James Bond over the course of this steaming pile of preposterousness. Then there's the dialogue. The author clearly never spoke any of the dialogue aloud, just to get a sense for how it sounded coming out of a human's mouth (answer? Silly). Here's the very worst part: the author starts foreshadowing the BIG TWIST ENDING about 2/3rds of the way in, in the most ham-handed way imaginable, and then proceeds to 'reveal' this big twist in the last paragraph of the book...ALL CAPS OF COURSE, TO SIGNIFY IT'S IMPORTANCE...as if the average third grader would never have seen *this* coming. Sorry, author Allan Folsom, I figured out what was in the container way back on page 200.

And now for something completely different: I'm at a Memorial Day picnic/party/excuse to drink mass quantities several years back, and I'm meeting a number of my wife Catherine's good college friends for the first time. At some point, a few of us start talking about books, and Catherine's friend Brent starts raving about this fantastic thriller he just finished reading, how exciting it was, how he couldn't put it down, and how floored he was by the twist ending. Of course, he was referring to T.D.A.T. My already underdeveloped tact gland had been further stupified by several helpings of the beer-du-jour by that time, so before my filter had a chance to kick in, I replied, "Oh my God, I just finished reading that too, and - ARE YOU CRAZY? - it was complete CRAP!" And then proceeded to tell everyone else there why they should never, ever take book suggestions from Brent. Not my best moment.

So, take my review with a grain of salt. Brent and a whole host of reviewers on both GoodReads and Amazon loved, loved, loved this book. I just don't see it.

[K · Rating 4 out of 5]

• r e v i e w •

The Day After Tomorrow is the sort of book that draws you in and imprints itself onto your mind. Although I was initially sceptical about having to read 600 pages, the uncertainty quickly disappeared. Published in 1994, this book is unputdownable right from the start. It pumps you with adrenaline, pushing you to unearth secrets that binds the book together. Paul Osborn, the protagonist witnesses his father's murder in 1966 by a man and never forgives/forgets his face. Almost thirty years later, in a café in Paris he sees the same face opposite to him and loses his calm. Osborn, who struggled with numerous questions about his father's death all his life finally finds a chance to confront the killer. What initially seems like a simple task, turns out to be something sinister leading back to WWII. Osborn with the help of McVey, a renowned American homicide detective sets out to learn the truth behind a series of murders that they uncover.

Folsom's writing is surprisingly approachable, making it easier for the readers to stay connected to the story. The first half gets over effortlessly, making it impossible for the audience to not think about the story at almost all times. Osborn's discovery of the killer and his pursuit of seeking revenge spins out of control, leading him into a deeper problem much like a quick sand. With every secret, he feels more lost and the realisation of a presence of something larger and darker looms over his head. McVey, on the other hand accidentally learns of Osborn while investigating a range of murders spread across couple of countries. I enjoyed McVey's character much more than anyone else's. Although the story gets a bit dramatic in the second-half, it somehow manages to stay in the right track. I wouldn't want to give away many details but this big book ultimately became one of my favourite thrillers. I wouldn't have bought it if it wasn't for @s.n.avinash but now that I have, it turned out to be such a brilliant read.

4.5/5.

[Olethros · Rating 3 out of 5]

-Pura evasión si se compra lo que ofrece al autor.-

Género. Novela.

Lo que nos cuenta. El cirujano ortopedista Paul Osborn se lanza con muy malas intenciones sobre un sujeto en una cervecería de París, aunque el individuo consigue evitar la agresión y la posterior persecución de Paul. Y es que ese hombre es el que, veintiocho años antes, había apuñalado al padre de Paul en su presencia en las calles de Boston y cuyo rostro nunca pudo olvidar. Este incidente le llevará a ser interrogado por la policía, a contratar a un detective privado que localice al hombre y, sin saberlo, a meterse de cabeza en una enorme conspiración internacional.

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[Dave Wickenden · Rating 5 out of 5]

I had read this story when it first came out in the 1990s and had loved the story. So, when I found it at the local used book story, I figured it was time for a re-visit, and I’m glad I did. For lovers of conspiracy thrillers similar to Robert Ludlum, you find this story right what the doctor ordered.

The story follows Dr. Paul Osborne, who has been haunted from the day he was ten-years-old and watched a stranger kill his father. Now, thirty years later, in a Paris café, he finds the man sitting across from him. Thus starts the frantic run through Europe to find why his father was killed and who ordered it done. With fanatics and police on his trail, Osborne cannot afford to make a mistake or trust anyone. The pages do not stop until the horrifying last page.

[Dawn · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was actually really good! It was quite long, but there was a lot of action and the story didn't lag at all. It was a little dated (copious use of payphones!), while at the same time sadly relevant. It seemed like the editor stopped reading about halfway through because there were a lot of mistakes in the second half. There was also a scene I wish had been cut. It was pointless and creepy and more WTF than anything else. It also involved a cat murder, which I hated. It had a lot of good twists and a great ending.

[Jill Berry · Rating 4 out of 5]

this was a wildly imaginative page turner. My only complaint was that it went on a tad too long for me, but that won't matter to most people. What a story! My friend Alice recommended it and she was right on the money. I do too.

[Warrengent · Rating 4 out of 5]

Exceptional,when I couldn't read it because of work I couldn't wait,to pick it up my 1st book by allan folsom I loved it that much I recently ordered his other five novels.
Highly recommend it.

[Rubén Vilaplana · Rating 3 out of 5]

Un BS con una primera parte muy descriptiva y muy corriente en este tipo de novelas. Son casi 900 pags. y seguramente tendrás cosas más interesantes que leer, es el típico BS con un héroe, una heroína, muy pulp , para pasar el rato, fácil de leer, no hay que pensar mucho, capítulos cortos con finales cliffanger , pero bueno tenía ganas de una novela así. (y un malo malísimo)

[Eric · Rating 2 out of 5]

I read this book years ago. The only reason that it still sticks out in my mind so clearly is that I can still recall how disappointed I was at how ordinary, if not mediocre, I found the book to be. Shocking, in light of all the hype it was getting at the time.

This book is a standard, breakneck pace action thriller. Now, in all honesty, this type of pace blew me away the first time I came across such a thing in "The Bourne Identity", but that was even more years past - so perhaps I am just not as easily impressed as I get older (or maybe Bourne was just a better book).

In any case what I remember most about 'Tomorrow' is the "surprise" ending. One of the most predictable surprises I have ever run across! As I was reading, I could see this thing coming a mile away. But it was SO obvious, and seemed like such a lazy attempt at cheap shock value, that I kept telling myself "No, it can't be headed to that! Way too obvious, way too corny!" Well, on the contrary, I guess Folsom thought the ending to be very clever, and others apparently did as well, so there you have it. Bestseller! I guess I'll just have to agree to disagree.

[Jack Rochester · Rating 4 out of 5]

This novel kicks butt from the very first page. The main character, Paul Osborne, is a great combination of intuitively smart and naive about the way a lot of stuff works in life. The writing is a near-perfect blend of description, narration and dialogue that kept me glued to it for days [I do almost all my reading in bed before I drift off to sleep, which Folsom's novel made difficult to do.] It also kept me guessing and wondering how it was going to wind up - or down, if you will. That's due in part to the fact that it was, first and foremost, an espionage thriller, but with a large dose of science fiction tossed in, which only made the book more intriguing. Trust me, the sci-fi angle is no deus ex machina. I was a bit disappointed with the turn of events at the conclusion. Many won't mind, as it's a fairly conventional denouement, to some extent more popular when the book was written during the early- to mid-1990s. Even more popular a few decades before that. Anyway, I don't want to spoil it for other readers, so suffice to say the book was, from beginning to end, a very satisfying read. I liked it so much I'd read other work by Allan Folsom, like "The Exile."

[Ian Hughes · Rating 5 out of 5]

Finally finished nearly 700 pages! Really enjoyed this book. There were lots of twists and turns and a great ending, although I did guess what was in the box a while back.

[Борислава Чотрева · Rating 4 out of 5]

Един проектант на хирургически инструменти е убит на улицата пред 10-годишния си син. Един наемен убиец, вършещ поръчките си с нечувана жестокост, сменя самоличността си и бяга уплашен от нещо. Една стажант-лекарка става любовница на френския министър-председател. Един мъж се възстановява от тежък инсулт за дни. Една тайна нацистка организация надига глава след десетки години инертност, за да получи господство над света. Отрязани човешки глави се появяват из големите градове на Европа. А разследването води до невероятни разкрития - тези хора са били замразени до температура близка до абсолютната нула, нещо, което повечето учени смятат за невъзможно. Абсолютната нула означава пълен порядък на атомно ниво. Шеметен трилър, разиграващ се из улиците на големите европейски столици, води до шокиращи научни и политически разкрития.

[LeseMaus · Rating 4 out of 5]

#Beendet
🐭 🐭 🐭 🐭

Alan Folsom
"Übermorgen"
-Roman-

Dieses Buch ist ein Blockbuster!

Eine Mischung aus Polit - und Actionthriller, die mich gut unterhalten hat. Gespickt mit immer neuen Wendungen hält die Geschichte den Leser gefangen.
Abzüge gibt es für das Ende. Das hätte gut und gerne knapper und zügiger ausfallen können.

Wer Tom Clancy und Frederick Forsyth mag, der ist hier genau richtig.

[Rylan Welsh · Rating 5 out of 5]

Duuuuuuddeeee. That. Was fire. I have never ever in my lifetime experienced a book having such a chokehold on me from the very first paragraph of the first page.

(Tangent following)

I was a huge reader as a kid and I would fly through books. Then middle/high school happened and I lost my love for reading when books became forced and timely assignments in which you were told what to read and how to interpret it, as you fought desperately to stay awake in class while popcorn reading, or as you had to pace around your room at 4am to keep yourself awake after completing your mountainous pile of other homework, just to finish a book you have no interest in (with the exception of a select few absolute bangers mostly from senior year that I enjoyed) all in order to write an in class essay or take a 10 question RC test that for some reason determined your entire grade in the class.

(Tangent end)

My point is that I have tried over the years to regain my spark for reading (I even reread my favorite book as a kid) but nothing quite did it for me. And then my guy Allan Folsom drops this fire collection of words (in the 90s) and I’m just like blown away beyond belief because I did not know I would or could be this excited, this gripped, this consumed by the mystery. I can’t remember the last time I felt like this about a book, if I even ever had before. I should get a room with this book. I should marry this book. ALLANNNNN. You’ve done it.

Such a badass group of characters that you quickly grow to love despite how externally ruthless and brutal they seem to be (talking mainly about McVey here I think I’m in love with him even though Paul Osborn is definitely sexier and I might also be in love with him but he’s not as sexy as Von Holden, who is suuuupppperrrr sexy even though he’s like also scary but like for some reason him being so terrifying also makes him sexier). I wish I was Vera bro.

Anyways this was too long and I could go on and on about this book but overall it was such a wild ride that never calmed down and it was such a fun, yet stressful read in the best way possible. I could see how some may think the overall premise (once you get more pieces of the mystery) to be a bit ridiculous, and maybe it kinda is, but I think it’s ridiculous in a good way. I never wanted to put it down and I think this is a rebirth, a Renaissance, if you will, of Rylan’s relationship with reading.

Shoutout to my coworker, Kimberly Sue, for putting me onto this book and lending me her copy <3

[Manugw · Rating 2 out of 5]

A LONG RIDE TO NOTHING

"The Day After Tomorrow" speaks the language of the thrillers and can be put in the same line of Frederick Forsyth's blockbusters "The Day of the Jackal" and "The Odessa File", however "The Day after Tomorrow" is unable to attain the outstanding quality of the mentioned Forsyth's masterpieces. It is a very long book with and intricate plot, breakneck pace and too many twist and turns (just too many, one gets tired of them) as well as a lot of action packed suspense in short time spans. Characters pop up and disappear more than often murdered, obviously with an explanation not credible enough, showing a poor writing style. Though Mr Forsyth wrote few thrillers, they were terrific and released after a long and thorough research for the delight of his readers. Conversely, this Folsom's book is just the conception of a plain far fetched childish fantasy about a German neo nazy conspiracy for a new Reich resurgence and employs the old worn formula "the good guys" taking on the "bad guys "playing a sort of chess game and a long tiresome chase throughout the whole book which seems never ending.

[MattA · Rating 2 out of 5]

I found the book's style, characters, settings, and descriptions all to be above average.

The two things that kept me from rating the book higher:

First, the "Organization" -- the cabal of bad guys in this story -- seemed way too organized and omnipotent to be believable.

Second, the ridiculous ending, which I and probably most readers saw coming miles away. In a strange way, the possibility of such an ending is what kept me going through the book. "Oh no, the author couldn't REALLY be taking us THERE, could he? I've gotta keep reading just to find out."

Well, he really WAS taking us there. Props to the author for saving the reveal for the final page of the book.

Contrary to generally accepted practice, I highly recommend your reading the last page before starting this book. If it makes you roll your eyes, save yourself the trouble and skip the book. If you can tolerate the final page, go ahead and read the whole thing.

[Lowed · Rating 5 out of 5]

I seemed to have a knack for picking up thriller books these days. And for some strange reason, I'm beginning to like it.

You know how as a kid, you love to ride the roller coaster? Then as you grow older, the ride comes in books, or relationships, or love life, or getting hooked.. Then at long last, you get the same sensation as when you're in a roller coaster OR in a rocking chair. That's when you realize, your younger days are over.

Of course, the kind of ride you're getting while reading a good book like this is beyond compare. Kind of like bungee jumping with a frayed rope!

[Sean Peters · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hi,

Firstly I am lucky(or unlucky) to have had a bad back for three days and needed to rest, so have read 70% of this book in three days, and it's a large book at 672 pages.

This book is gripping, tense, fast paced filled with nasty characters, and great characters. It is so hard to book this book down, very hard.

Multi-layered with murders, revenge, love, shocking , character filled satisfying and action packed story.

Highly recommended, the author Allan Folsom is a screenwriter and of date has only 4-5 books to his name, but I must read the rest!

This book The Day After Tomorrow was his first and dates back to 1994.

Do read this book

kind regards

Sean

[Chris G Derrick · Rating 5 out of 5]

I've probably read this particular book from cover to cover about three times since I purchased it in 1997.
For years it was my book of choice to keep in the car.
I used to drive long distamnces to and from work.
If I was ever stuck in traffic on the motorway then I'd sit and read this novel.
From the very first page it never failed to grabbed me.....and didn't let up until the end.
In my opinion it really is good enough for every one of its 5 stars.
In fact now I've seen it again on the bookshelf it might just be time for yet another read...................