Brainwashed, James Bond tries to assassinate M. Brainscrubbed, David Falkayn desires Thea Beldaniel and adores the Elder Race. Bond's ordeal is worse because he had suffered a year of amnesia before the brainwashing. Both men are restored to mental health and return to their professional duties but my question is: Can they really be the same after being put through all that? Heroes of thriller series, Bond and Falkayn must return to action quickly. Maybe a different kind of novel would have been necessary to delve into the psychological repercussions of such experiences. I would have been happy for Falkayn to drop out of circulation for a volume, taking longer to recover while reflecting on life and on his life in the process. In the non-stop action of
Satan's World, Chee Lan must restore Falkayn's mind on the run while they race to the next stage of the mission. Falkayn copes, of course.
7 comments:
Kaor, Paul!
Now that you mentioned it, it might have made more sense if Falkayn had needed more time to recover from his ordeal after being rescued from Serendipity.
Ad astra! Sean
People differ very strongly on how they react to trauma. Some people can shrug off what would leave others wrecks for life.
Kaor, Mr. Stirling!
I'm finding that out myself, due to my slow recovery from cervical myelopathy surgery.
Ad astra! Sean
And people differ -what- they react to and how.
Eg., when I was 14, someone tried to kill me and very nearly succeeded. It didn't bother me except physically -- I had headaches from the blow on the head and didn't want to tell anyone. But emotionally, it didn't bother me much.
Losing my wife was a different kettle of fish. I was non-functional mentally for some time after that.
Kaor, Mr. Stirling!
I agree, we will all react differently to many kinds of trauma.
I was sorry to learn of Mrs. Stirling's death at Dale Price's blog. For what it's worth I again offer you my condolences. Memory eternal!
Ad astra! Sean
I had not realized that Mrs Stirling's death was recent. I add my condolences.
Spring of 202, in fact. Very unexpected and quite quick, which was a mercy. My parents both passed quickly, too.
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