THE BLUE EYED AFGHAN Written by Stephen F Cole
The author seems to be a simple man who liked to travel a
lot, hitch hike, and is always in search of adventure. Having got bored with his
long sales career, took to writing and this could be one of his first books. Does
not like to reveal his whereabouts due to security reasons.
STORY LINE:
This book is about how a poor young Afghan national, who
loses all his family, in the turmoil during Taliban rule in Afghanistan is saved
and taken back to London by a British military officer, to live with his family,
thenceforth. This blue-eyed Afghan, called Babur, is for the first time exposed
to the taste of true democracy and lives on to securing his life as a good
citizen through highest education from London University. He loves London and
its people but hates the ongoing religious radical attempts of Islamic preachers
in order to bring the country under Sharia Law, just like the way it was at back
home. Though he has nothing to do with the murder of one such radical Islamic
preacher Abu Hamza, he is framed to be the prime suspect by two influential
anti-religion and anti-Government Britishers, the real killers, to create
religious conflict and hatred between Muslims and Christians using latest drone
technology and dangerous chemicals by killing hundreds on both sides and
subsequently gain political power through their own new political party called
Fresh Start. This plot gets identified by the British Detective Agency and they
hunt down the real culprits behind the entire episode. But, finally, one of the
two perpetrators end up becoming the Prime Minister of UK after winning an
election, while the other gets killed in a Police operation. The book has lot
of truths revealed about how politics and hunger for power decide the life of
innocent citizens. Also, a lot of hatred is spewed on Islam and its ideology,
which might be not true, but for a few who have been radicalised through hate
speeches. He seemed to have represented the voice of a common Britisher who
enjoys democracy and freedom of speech.
Pros : The ugly face of politicians in converting a peaceful
and lawful land into a riot laden, hatred filled State is well elicited in this
book. The reader gets to know how once a peaceful United Kingdom is reeling
under the pressure of religious conflicts between two major religions of the world,
only because some greedy power mongers of the country would like to occupy the
political power, by appeasing the immigrants’ vote bank. The reader can come
across some of the most relevant and beautiful quotes relating today’s life of
a common man vs the politics of a country.
Cons: The editing of this book seems to be flawed as there
are many grammar errors throughout. The author seems to be one of the victims of
the Government policies and hence wrote this book to vent up his anger on the
Government as well as Islamic radical mindsets. The title doesn’t justify the
story as Babur’s role in this entire story is almost negligible, except for the
benefit of doubt of how he could have got blue eyes, having being born in an
Asian country, once invaded by the blue-eyed Alexander the Great, from Greece. Food
for thought!
My favourite Quote in the Book: “The planet is 2 billion
years old and our occupation of it is has lasted a tiny fraction of that time,
it is a fantastic miracle that we are here at all, instead of being content
with that, most of that time has been spent trying to wipe each other out, most
slaughtered in the name of God. Thank God”
My rating: 2.5 out of 5
