Review by Slater Barness -- The Lost Identity Casualties

[Slater Barness]

[Following is a volunteer review of "The Lost Identity Casualties" by Kim Ekemar.]

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3 out of 4 stars

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This book The Lost Identity Casualties by Kim Ekemar is the first among the seven books in the series covering the terrible fate of losing your identity and the right to recover your stolen life. This book is interesting and could stand alone. However, this should not bar the readers from reading the other sequels in the stories. This book highlights today's on-going real tragic, terrible events and actions that have increased around the world in the last couple of years. Terrorism, people trafficking and drug trafficking, organised crime, corruption and impunity. It clearly depicts the real world.

It is this happenings discussed herein that are responsible for Callaghan situation. He is wrapped in bandages and suffering from Amnesia. He had been kidnapped and mutilated by a terrorist gang and was subject to full transplant while on coma. As he gradually recovers his memories, Callaghan spends time plotting his revenge on people who have caused him the loss of his identity and former privileges in life. However, he learns that this revenge mission touches on people close to him. Will he proceed with his vengeful plot?

I loved the manner in which the relationship between Allan and Callaghan. It begins out of Callaghan apathy for Allan's situation. The former is living as a king while the latter is coming from a poverty stricken home. Despite the odds, Allan his genius specialised in computer studies. Together, they come up with an invention that they use to hack security codes of corporate institutions. It is as a result of the hacking of those codes that Callaghan learns of the mismanagement of the businesses his dad and him inherited from their grandfather. Later, they register their patents and make a good fortune out from it. Allan brings the technical master class while Callaghan is responsible for financing their projects.

I disliked the tradition of naming sons after their father's. This is exactly what lands Callaghan into trouble. He had been named after his father. In that regard, his father had also been named after his grandfather. His grandfather, father and he share the same name- Matthias Callaghan. The author explicitly reveals the dangers associated with such traditions and it is disastrous. Callaghan falls prey to his father's debtors by the virtue of his name and is thoroughly brutalized. Moreover, they had similar looks. Who could blame the persons who attacked him? This tradition was bad.

I rate this book at 3 out of 4 stars. I gave it three stars because it is high opening and expertly written. The author speaks from first-hand experience. It would be a suitable novel for persons interested in soul searching novel. Callaghan is on a soul searching mission. There is still hope and determination left in him despite the ordeal. If you are the type that hates memoirs and journal novels, this is not the book for you. This book was exceptionally well edited and had no errors.

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