The Converts Song, Sebastian Rotella
The Converts Song, Sebastian Rotella
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The Convert's Song
A Novel

Author: Sebastian Rotella

Narrator: Sebastian Rotella

Unabridged: 10 hr 20 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/09/2014

Synopsis

A global manhunt sweeps up a former federal agent when his childhood friend becomes the chief suspect in a terrorist rampage.

His hazardous stint in U.S. law enforcement behind him, Valentine Pescatore has started over as a private investigator in Buenos Aires. Then he runs into a long-lost friend: Raymond Mercer, a charismatic, troubled singer who has converted to Islam. After a terrorist attack kills hundreds, suspicion falls on Raymond -- and Pescatore.

Angry and bewildered, Pescatore joins forces with Fatima Belhaj, an alluring French agent. They pursue the enigmatic Raymond into a global labyrinth of intrigue. Is he a terrorist, a gangster, a spy? Is his loyalty to Pescatore genuine, or just another lethal scam? From the jungles of South America to the streets of Paris to the battlegrounds of Baghdad, The Convert's Song leads Pescatore on a race to stop a high-stakes campaign of terror.

About Sebastian Rotella

Sebastian Rotella is the author of The Convert’s Song and Triple Crossing, which the New York Times Book Review named its favorite debut crime novel of 2011, as well as the nonfiction book Twilight on the Line. He is a senior reporter covering international security issues for ProPublica, a newsroom dedicated to investigative journalism in the public interest. He worked for twenty-three years for the Los Angeles Times, serving as bureau chief in Paris and Buenos Aires. His honors include a Peabody Award, Columbia University’s Dart Award and Moors Cabot Prize for Latin American coverage, the German Marshall Fund’s Weitz Prize for reporting in Europe, five Overseas Press Club Awards, The Urbino Prize of Italy, and an Emmy nomination. He was a Pulitzer finalist for international reporting in 2006.

Reviews

Goodreads review by James on February 23, 2015

This is a gripping thriller with a "ripped-from-the-headlines" plot that focuses on international terrorism. At the heart of the story are two longtime friends--virtually brothers--named Valentine Pescatore and Raymond Mercer. The two grew up together in Chicago, and Raymond, who loves the glamorous......more

Goodreads review by Nicholas on January 08, 2019

This tale of two Americans, friends from childhood, who eventually end up on opposite sides of a complex international terrorist plot, is efficiently written and sufficiently suspenseful. Rotella has a talent for telling details, and the moral ambiguities of the protagonist, Valentin Pescatore, are......more

Goodreads review by Peter on April 25, 2015

Valentín (“Valentine”) Pescatore is an Italian-American, an ex-Border Patrol agent and a current special investigator for a high-level private Argentine security agency run by Facundo Hyman, an Israeli. One evening in Buenos Aires Valentín is suddenly reacquainted with Raymond, a childhood friend, a......more

Goodreads review by Isa on January 10, 2016

Un bon thriller très proche de l actualité.......more

Goodreads review by Dan on April 28, 2018

Technically, I should not be writing about this book. The copy I read was an ARC---Advanced Reader's Copy. I chose that because it was the only signed copy I could find, and the search took months. Nevertheless, I am pretty sure there is little difference between what I read and what was to be publi......more

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