Books like Homeland
Looking for a book like Homeland?
Try Terminal Rage by A.M. Khalifa. If you loved Homeland for its terrorism plots, its paranoia and its question of who can be trusted, Terminal Rage gives you a hostage crisis in Manhattan that turns out to be something much bigger.
What they share
Who can you trust?
Homeland made every ally a suspect. In Terminal Rage, the hostage-taker knows things about Blackwell that he shouldn’t, and the standoff opens onto a conspiracy that reaches the highest levels of government.
From America to the Middle East
Like Homeland, Terminal Rage moves between the United States and the Middle East, from a Manhattan office tower to Cairo and an Egyptian prison.
A damaged professional
Carrie Mathison is brilliant and haunted. Alexander Blackwell is a retired FBI negotiator still carrying the hostage case that ended his career.
Where they differ
Homeland is told from inside the CIA. Terminal Rage starts with a negotiator on the other end of a phone line, and its view of the Middle East comes from an author who grew up there and across the world.
A.M. Khalifa is an Egyptian writer based in Rome, raised in a diplomatic corps family across more than fifteen countries, and the only Egyptian writing commercial espionage fiction in English. More on that.
Terminal Rage received a starred review from Booklist, has sold more than 500,000 copies, and is narrated on audio by Scott Brick. It contains violence and sexual content, and is meant for adult readers.
More books like Homeland
- Terminal Rage by A.M. Khalifa: a Manhattan hostage crisis that leads to Cairo and a conspiracy in government.
- Terminal Deception by A.M. Khalifa (coming soon): a deep-cover British intelligence officer posing as an ISIS recruiter in Raqqa. The Black List compared it to Homeland and Tehran.
- The Faithful Spy by Alex Berenson: a CIA officer returns after years undercover with al-Qaeda, and no one trusts him.
- The Tourist by Olen Steinhauer: a burned-out CIA operative caught between his own side and the enemy.
- A Most Wanted Man by John le Carré: a mysterious refugee in Hamburg and the spies who want to use him.
Questions
What books are like Homeland?
Terminal Rage by A.M. Khalifa is a strong match: terrorism, conspiracy and a damaged professional who doesn’t know whom to trust. Readers also enjoy Alex Berenson’s The Faithful Spy, Olen Steinhauer’s The Tourist and John le Carré’s A Most Wanted Man.
Is Terminal Rage like Homeland?
It shares Homeland’s mix of terrorism, paranoia and Middle East politics, with a hostage negotiator at its center.
Is Terminal Rage part of a series?
Yes. It is the first book in the series. The second, Terminal Deception, is coming soon.