Synopsis: The future changes in the BLINK of an eye...or does it?Seth Borders isn't your average graduate student. For starters, he has one of the world's highest IQs. Now he's suddenly struck by an incredible power--the ability to see multiple potential futures.
Still reeling from this inexplicable gift, Seth stumbles upon a beautiful woman named Miriam. Unknown to Seth, Miriam is a Saudi Arabian princess who has fled her veiled existence to escape a forced marriage of unimaginable consequences. Cultures collide as they're thrown together and forced to run from an unstoppable force determined to kidnap or kill Miriam.
Seth's mysterious ability helps them avoid capture once, then twice. But with no sleep, a fugitive princess by his side, hit men a heartbeat away, and a massive manhunt steadily closing in, evasion becomes impossible.
An intoxicating tale set amidst the shifting sands of the Middle East and the back roads of America, Blink engages issues as ancient as the earth itself...and as current as today's headlines.
Specs: Adult fiction, thriller, published in 2002, 400 pgs.
There's actually two of these books: Blink and Blink of an Eye. They're the same book, but with slightly different changes. When I ordered the library book, I happened to get Blink of an Eye.
Dekker definitely delivers the heart-pumping, eyes-open-wide thriller in Blink of an Eye, which I really liked. There's barely a dull moment with the car chases, and running for their lives across the country. And I have to say "barely" because some of the Muslim scenes between the leaders (I can't for the life of me remember their names since they all sound the same) was dragging.
For personal and patriotic reasons, I felt the Muslim cult throughout this book was disturbing to say the least. I was especially confused by Miriam's view on her Muslim culture. She talked about love and how her god is a loving god, but yet she was a devout Muslim. That does not make sense because Muslims are hateful toward anyone who is not a Muslim, and the Koran tells them to kill those people who aren't a part of their cult.
