#Findy waterman series#

Charlie’s karate coach says if you’re not willing to die for something that matters, in the end you die for nothing.

Other moral/patriotic sentiments: Charlie refuses to shoot an unarmed thug.

#Findy waterman series#

The series concludes with the next book in this series, book 4, The Final Hour. Rose handcuffs Charlie to take him back to prison, and Charlie hopes he is right in thinking Rose is an ally. The Homelanders surround Margaret’s house, but Rose and his men arrive just in time to save Charlie, Margaret and Larry. Charlie has a dream in which he discovers Rose is the man Waterman wanted him to contact. She’s heard him talking in his sleep and knows the truth about his identity. Margaret nurses Charlie back to health and hides him from the police. He finds a house in the woods and passes out just as a woman, Margaret, and her young son, Larry, come home. Charlie is ill and weak with hunger and exhaustion. The lead officer is Detective Rose, who initially arrested Charlie for Alex’s murder. Police learn Charlie’s whereabouts and pursue him in hopes of re-arresting him. He had obviously consumed the drug provided by Waterman’s group to erase his memory in emergency circumstances. That’s why the terrorists are after him, and that’s why his memory was gone. As more memories come back, he thinks something must have gone wrong with the plan. But God-fearing, patriotic Charlie realized he needed to do it to preserve the freedom of his country. He would have to give up everything, including his family, his girlfriend and the hope of a normal future. Waterman would then help Charlie escape from prison, and Charlie would gain credibility with the terrorists. Sherman, a teacher-turned-Homelander from the boys’ school, actually killed Alex. With Charlie’s permission, Waterman’s people would frame Charlie for the murder of his friend, Alex. He told Charlie the Homelanders were a great risk to national security, and he wanted to enlist Charlie to help him infiltrate the group. A year ago, Waterman approached him secretly. Meanwhile, Charlie continues to remember elements of his past. Charlie is caught by and escapes the terrorists several times on a gunfire-filled chase through the woods. Waterman’s body position directs Charlie to a small robotic device that allows him to remotely tear gas the terrorists (who are led by a man named Waylon) and escape. He follows Waterman’s clue written on a note and escapes from the room, only to find Waterman’s dead body nearby. He wakes up locked in the facility’s panic room, hearing the terrorists outside planning to blow up the building.

During this painful process, Charlie has the first of many intermittent out-of-body experiences that allow him to relive his memories a little at a time. They inject him with a drug to restore his memory. There, at an old former psychiatric facility, they tell him they need to be sure they can still trust him. When Charlie and Waterman meet, Waterman and his cohort shoot Charlie with a tranquilizer, shove him in the trunk of a car and drag him to a remote location in the woods. Charlie searches for a man named Waterman, who can tell him the truth about his past. He only knows the police are pursuing him for the murder of his best friend, Alex, and a ruthless group of terrorists called the Homelanders want him.

Eighteen-year-old Charlie West can’t remember the last year of his life.