Face of Our Father, an e-book by G. Egore Pitir is a strange, many faceted tale of confrontational situations basically developing from aspects of American Christian philosophy vs. Muslim beliefs.
In a Prologue set in the Red Sea Coast, Northwest of Mecca, 623 CE, Zuebh Azwad exploring an old battle area, discovers some gold and precious stones. His father takes them, has valuable rings made for his 1st sons thus teaching Zuebh the lesser position of sons of the later wives. Even his later accomplishments are credited to the 1st sons causing growing resentment until finally evoking his action on a trip where he falls behind as the group continues. Discovering upon catching up all but his weakened father dead, he severs the dead sons’ fingers to obtain their rings, similarly obtains his father’s and leaves him to the approaching enemy.
The story then introduces Stuart Pierce, former fighter pilot, now a fifty-year-old commercial airlines pilot, martial arts trained and specially designated to carry a firearm. Also Angie, his wife of twenty-five years and given awareness of their army lieutenant son soon to leave for Afghanistan and a foreign affairs student daughter. More details - honor is the basis of life itself for Stu, his wife Angie is forever with no equivocation, and there is a never explained dark period where his mother had committed suicide; Angie is a brilliant woman with a photographic memory, and an uncle who was the same at nineteen and insane by thirty, formerly a brilliant prosecuting attorney Angie who quit when her prosecution of rapists, pedophiles and similar criminals became an overriding compulsion in her life. Trouble between the couple gradually develops when in spite of assuring Stu that she no longer was involved in her ‘rescuing’ activities, she secretly is continuing. Other too many to mention characters are introduced in Afghanistan, the middle eastern ‘realm’ and within the United States, and the total provides a series of intertwining thrilling episodes leading to a most probable climax.
Discussion: The plot, a little slow in developing, proceeds directly from Stu and Angie to action in Afghanistan, and back. Eventually however, the author’s enigmatic preface statement to the tale becomes a prominent consideration; viz., “To my reader: For I am merely the storyteller. I did not write this tale. You did.” Such a statement seems to imply that the reader can and should apply his/her own interpretation to the abundance of possibilities provided by this strange story involving strength of character, blatant selfishness, strong masculine/feminine inclinations, love, honor, both true and false, deceit, deception, betrayal, greed and retribution and then draw his/her conclusions. It also quite openly presents a picture of the interrelationships among Muslims that may appear strange to some but seems quite accurate from numerous descriptions and personal recall of an adage heard years ago (so requiring some paraphrasing): “When with friends, smile but carry a sharp knife”. Angie’s actions are another prominent point for reflection - was her blatant disregard of the promise she had made to her husband justifiable or was it a foolish, selfish mistake that could destroy her/their twenty-five successfully happy years of marriage? Her attitude, best expressed perhaps by a friend/co-worker when an Irish coffee she was given did not have the usual rich flavor (having been made by pouring Irish Cream Liquor into the coffee instead of using cream and brown sugar). “A person never gets exactly what they want from you, do they? Yeah, it’s a lot quicker, and I have to admit, nearly as tasty.” The statement quite concisely seems to sum up Angie’s basic belief that what she wanted was what would happen so with respect to her promise to Stu, while again reading the card he had given her when she had decided to quit her destructive overpowering indulgence “I am yours forever, no matter what.” she figured, he’d forgive her.
Conclusion: This is an engrossing tale offering a multitude of choices as to how to follow the author’s slightly paraphrased admonition “for you to write the story”.
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