Surrender Themes

We're not spoiling anything when we tell you that there's death in Surrender since, you know, the story opens with Gabriel on his deathbed. Yet it's not really the narrator's location that preoccup...

It's no surprise that memory and the past are a big deal in a book that's largely told through flashbacks. Without Gabriel's memory, the book would pretty much consist of him lying in a hospital be...

In case you haven't noticed, Marvel has cashed in on the whole good-versus-evil thing. There's a plethora of superhero movies out there, and all of them boil down—in one way or another—to this...

It might be true that only fools rush in, but that rarely stops people from diving into love. And this is totally the case for Gabriel in Surrender: He goes from zero to sixty with his feelings for...

Gabriel doesn't start the fires, Finnigan does. He's happily sleeping at home when the matches are lit and the forest is burned… or is he? One of the most thrilling aspects of Surrender is that w...

Revenge might be a dish best served cold, but for Finnigan in Surrender, it comes in all varieties. The guy has no problem serving up a platter of stolen property or arson anytime he feels like it,...

You might not expect spirituality to come up in a novel about revenge and murder, but somehow it does. In fact, Surrender uses a lot of spiritual language and concepts to get its point across. Don'...

You might not be afraid of the big, bad wolf, but chances are that you are afraid of Finnigan. And you wouldn't be the only one—even Gabriel is scared of his alter ego. What's more? He's scared a...