When you take away the impossible whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.
Thomas Flynn picked the wrong time to start writing the Great American Novel.
In September 2008 he took a three-month sabbatical from his job on Madison Ave. The day he sat down at his typewriter, Lehman Brothers collapsed. A year later he was back in Baltimore, unemployed, trying to figure out where it had all gone wrong.
Unfortunately the answer he kept coming up with was 9/11. The war in Iraq, the erosion of liberty and the financial crisis all seemed to have their root in that singular event. But whichever way he looked at it, the official story just didn’t make sense. So he set out to solve the problem of what really happened on America’s defining day.
When you take away the impossible whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.
Using Sherlock Holmes’s famous dictum, Thomas Flynn believes he has solved the mystery of 9/11. And instead of writing the Great American Novel, now he’s going to write the truth. If they’ll let him.
Vigilant Guardians is a book ahead of its time, a novel whose time has come. A contemporary thriller which plays for the highest of stakes, it tells a gripping story of ordinary people dealing with extraordinary opposition, and their desperate race to keep the truth—and themselves—alive.
Published in 2012, Vigilant Guardians not only looks back to the events of 9/11, it also presciently addresses both the NSA spying scandal detailed in the revelations of Edward Snowden, in which no citizen is immune to surveillance by the state, as well as introducing the actual technologies and processes which might have contributed to the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370.
So, can you afford not to read it? Because if you don't, how will you know what's going to happen next …
"I have to admit I approached this book with a fair amount of trepidation, because it revisits the events of September 11, 2001, and brings to the surface some very hard-to-explain facts about the most traumatic event in our collective American memory. But as I read, my trepidation gave way to page-turning immersion as I delved into his skilfully crafted story. Vigilant Guardians blends fact, speculation, and fiction seamlessly; David's a great writer, and he brings the characters to life and makes you care about them. And when the story is over, you are left with some disquieting concerns about the things we all remember so well, but most of us never questioned." -- Paul Draker, author of New Year Island
Thomas Flynn picked the wrong time to start writing the Great American Novel.
In September 2008 he took a three-month sabbatical from his job on Madison Ave. The day he sat down at his typewriter, Lehman Brothers collapsed. A year later he was back in Baltimore, unemployed, trying to figure out where it had all gone wrong.
Unfortunately the answer he kept coming up with was 9/11. The war in Iraq, the erosion of liberty and the financial crisis all seemed to have their root in that singular event. But whichever way he looked at it, the official story just didn’t make sense. So he set out to solve the problem of what really happened on America’s defining day.
When you take away the impossible whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.
Using Sherlock Holmes’s famous dictum, Thomas Flynn believes he has solved the mystery of 9/11. And instead of writing the Great American Novel, now he’s going to write the truth. If they’ll let him.
Vigilant Guardians is a book ahead of its time, a novel whose time has come. A contemporary thriller which plays for the highest of stakes, it tells a gripping story of ordinary people dealing with extraordinary opposition, and their desperate race to keep the truth—and themselves—alive.
Published in 2012, Vigilant Guardians not only looks back to the events of 9/11, it also presciently addresses both the NSA spying scandal detailed in the revelations of Edward Snowden, in which no citizen is immune to surveillance by the state, as well as introducing the actual technologies and processes which might have contributed to the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370.
So, can you afford not to read it? Because if you don't, how will you know what's going to happen next …
"I have to admit I approached this book with a fair amount of trepidation, because it revisits the events of September 11, 2001, and brings to the surface some very hard-to-explain facts about the most traumatic event in our collective American memory. But as I read, my trepidation gave way to page-turning immersion as I delved into his skilfully crafted story. Vigilant Guardians blends fact, speculation, and fiction seamlessly; David's a great writer, and he brings the characters to life and makes you care about them. And when the story is over, you are left with some disquieting concerns about the things we all remember so well, but most of us never questioned." -- Paul Draker, author of New Year Island
