American Terrorist - by Tyler Chin-Tanner & Wendy Chin-Tanner (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"Embedded with an eco-terrorist group hellbent on explosive direct action, investigative journalist Owen Graham is enmeshed in a dangerous culture on the political fringe. Ordinary citizens, frustrated by inequality and oppression and a bureaucracy's resistance to change, are starting to go off the grid and disrupt the status quo. But the fringe is poised to go mainstream, and Owen's days as a passive observer are running short. While a series of escalating misunderstandings land an idealistic public school teacher in the middle of a hostage situation and the sights of an overeager federal agent who has been trailing Owen for months, he intervenes in a desperate split-second decision. Owen's old life is gone forever. Now he's on the run with a trio of fellow crusaders, all fighting for a better world but now labeled as terrorists by the government. Disparate people on all sides, each convinced they're right - and doing the right thing -- are now spinning towards each other in an inexorable spiral of violence."--Provided by publisher.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Inspiring, disturbing, and triumphant. -- FOREWORD <p/>Embedded with an eco-terrorist group hellbent on explosive direct action, investigative journalist Owen Graham is enmeshed in a dangerous culture on the political fringe. Ordinary citizens, frustrated by inequality and oppression and a bureaucracy's resistance to change, are starting to go off the grid and disrupt the status quo. But the fringe is poised to go mainstream, and Owen's days as a passive observer are running short. <p/>While a series of escalating misunderstandings land an idealistic public school teacher in the middle of a hostage situation and the sights of an overeager federal agent who has been trailing Owen for months, he intervenes in a desperate split-second decision. Owen's old life is gone forever. Now he's on the run with a trio of fellow crusaders, all fighting for a better world but now labeled as terrorists by the government. Disparate people on all sides, each convinced they're right - and doing the right thing -- are now spinning towards each other in an inexorable spiral of violence. <p/>AMERICAN TERRORIST is a high-speed chase across the country in search of radical solutions to injustice, inspiring a movement that may be snuffed out before it starts.<br><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>FOREWORD REVIEWS -- <i>American Terrorist </i>probes the line between concerned citizen and criminal, addressing real-life political problems including corporate pollution, racial inequality, and access to health care. Owen, a journalist, and Hannah, a teacher, are on the run. Owen killed a government agent; Hannah created a hostage situation at an insurance company. Neither action was planned. The duo is brought together and swept up in chaos and controversy regardless, and a variety of groups become involved in helping them or hunting them down. As Owen and Hannah continue to break the law for what they see as good reasons, they also refuse to surrender to government agents. Their story is provocative and thoughtful, leaving questions of right and wrong open to interpretation. Its complex characters are made interesting through their contradictions and self-doubts. Hannah has an unspecified mental illness, and her behavior veers toward the erratic without her medication. <p/>And although the government agent Owen kills is portrayed as overeager, even arrogant, his family's loss is depicted in a poignant, memorable scene. The book's art is rife with realistic details, including websites and television broadcasts that could pass for screenshots, and convincing landscapes and cityscapes across the book's many changes of setting. However, some characters' faces resemble those of others, leading to confusion, though their different hairstyles, colors, and clothing are better up to representing their distinctions. <p/>The book's ending is both shocking and logical, given the story's development. Sure to generate interest and debate, it provides closure while also leaving some tantalizing elements unresolved. <i>American Terrorist </i>is an absorbing graphic novel that is, by turns, inspiring, disturbing, and triumphant. <p/><br><br>LIBRARY JOURNAL (STARRED REVIEW) No on<i>e</i> could have predicted when <i>American Terrorist</i> <i>de</i>buted in 2010 that its tenth anniversary reissue would be just as timely as it was back then. Fortunately, the vision and virtues of Tyler and Wendy Chin-Tanner's realpolitik thriller-the story of four well-meaning New Yorkers thrown together by chance and a fatal accident and then forced to run from the law-persist. <i>Th</i>e well-drawn cast of characters is diverse without seeming contrived; the Chin-Tanners populate their tale with people, ideas, and opinions from throughout the political spectrum of a polarized America; weighty theories and issues are explored and presented to readers via the characters' convictions, decisions, and actions rather than in indigestible prose. Readers won't find clear-cut heroes or villains, only people trying their best to do what's right. Finally, MacDonald's dynamic artwork now appears in full color. Profanity, violence, sexual, and disturbing content-suitable for readers in their late teens and up. [Advance digital galley used for review.] VERDICT The <i>Bourne I</i>de<i>ntity</i> meets <i>The Fugitive</i> aÌ la Noam Chomsky? As smart and edifying as that, but with greater entertainment value and gravity. Essential for mature readers interested in American politics, race relations, civics, and ethics. <p/><br><br><br>An absorbing graphic novel that is, by turns, inspiring, disturbing, and triumphant. - <b><i>FOREWORD </i></b> <p/><br>
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