"I like this book - very much, Bell is a survivor of harrowing personal and political upheaval, his private Golgotha, hell, and crucification. The temptation of course is to dismiss an account like this as fiction, dreamed up by a disenfranchised voice with some kind of axe-to-grind."
"But what if it's true?"
-David Allen of Hollywood Book Reviews
"For a book so incredibly comprehensive, the root is undoubtedly an evolving father-son dynamic that exposes the underbelly of society and sheds light on several of history's watershed moments..."
"Succinctly written, Bell's work is easy to read yet intriguing in its historical references."
"...the strong blend of history's pivotal moments juxtaposed in the day-to-day life of the characters who were real-life, flesh-and-blood human beings lends itself beautifully to the idea of what darkness can forge. In the wrong person, darkness can rot one to the core. Yet, in the right, that darkness can become an avenue of light and redemption, an emblem of greater things to come."
-Mihir Shah of US Review of Books