The Brotherhood of the Rose

Written by David Morrell

Narrated by David Morrell and Full Cast

Orphans...Bloodbrothers...Assassins...

They were orphans, Chris and Saul—raised in a Philadelphia school for boys, bonded by friendship, and devoted to a mysterious man called Eliot.

He visited them and brought them candy.

He treated them like sons.

He trained them to be assassins.

Now he is trying desperately to have them killed.

Spanning the globe, here is an astonishing novel of fierce loyalty and violent betrayal, of murders planned and coolly executed, of revenge bitterly, urgently desired.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Brilliance Audio
• Release date: Oct 20, 2005
• ISBN: 9781597377539

David Morrell

David Morrell is the New York Times bestselling author of twenty-eight books, including his award-winning Creepers. Co-founder of the International Thrillers Writers Organization, he is considered by many to be the father of the modern action novel. To learn more, go to www.davidmorrell.net.

Reviews for The Brotherhood of the Rose

[jeri holdiness · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Loved the book the narrator talked really fast in parts and I thought I had actually speed it up. Also like a lot of books in here there are some dead spaces but nothing that leaves u wondering what happened. Just like 10 to 15 seconds. All and all I enjoyed it .

[pmaranci_1 · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

I picked this one up along with a bunch of others for ten cents each at the permanent booksale on the Boothbay Harbor Public Library porch.

It was okay. A bit reminiscent of all the other thriller/potboilers that inevitably litter the best-seller lists. But The Brotherhood of the Rose wasn't particularly intelligent or well-written. It wasn't painfully stupid either; just a tolerable thriller, a bit predictable, rather shallow, and not particularly memorable or well-written. A tolerable way to kill an hour or two on a commute, but I won't bother to read it again.

For the record, The DaVinci Code is rather similar to The Brotherhood of the Rose; they're both rather simplistic, somewhat insulting to the intelligence of the reader, and awkwardly-written. It you're looking for a superior potboiler of the same general type, try Marathon Man.

[bryanthomass · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Amazing read. I've read it twice over a decade ago and I still remember vividly how much I enjoyed it. A true suspense/espionage classic.

[Jim Browne · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

An old favorite love it, well worth the listen if you like spy stories.

[gatorhater · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Saul Grisman "Romulus" and Chris Kilmoonic "Remus" are foster boys raised by their so called foster father Eloit, the only real masculine figure that they ever knew. They both were trained by United States military elite forces to become two of the most highly trained assault fighters. After Saul carryed out a co-op order to assassinate members of the Paradigm Foundation, the organization turns against him and wants him eliminated. Chris on the other hand was captured in S Vietnam and tortured for trying to stop the flow of cocaine from Loas into S Vietnam, his face was crushed and spine fractures, but he managed to escape captivity to join forces with his foster brother, Saul. Now the two go after the individuals involved in their removal orders and the drama begins. Great novel, fast action, the pages would not stop turning.

[Geo · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

The end was the most interesting part. I read 200 pages on the acual book before switching to audio because I could push myself to read it. This was one of my first serious books and Im glad of that.