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Category: Book
Author: Joel C. Rosenberg
Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers
Studio: Tyndale House Publishers
Manufacturer: Tyndale House Publishers
Label: Tyndale House Publishers
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 352
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 8.1 x 5.5 x 1.2
ISBN: 1414312725
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9781414312729
ASIN: 1414312725
Publication Date: August 7, 2006
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Product Description
The book that started it all, The Last Jihad is the first of Joel C. Rosenberg's New York Times best-selling series, with 500,000 in print. The first page puts readers in the cockpit of a hijacked jet on a kamikaze mission into an American city--but it was written nine months before 9/11/01. As the plot unfolds, White House advisors Jon Bennett and Erin McCoy are under attack in Jerusalem as the U.S. goes to war with Iraq over weapons of mass destruction--but The Last Jihad was published four months before the actual Iraq war began.
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 The last Jihad November 29, 2008
Refered to this book by a friend. The book is a thriller and gets you from the first page. It was confusing for a while because of the difference in the book and actual events. This goes away as you quickly get into the book and quit trying to make the little details fit. The story does an excellent job of presenting how people of faith(Christians) react to world events compared to one of the main characters who has no faith. the presentation is not over bearing or heavy handed. The people of faith are attractive and makes me proud of our faith.
 White hot . . . November 28, 2008
I read this one in two days, and the last 1/2 in a single sitting. Very rare for the slow reader that I am.
This political thriller was written shortly after 9-1-1, and released just prior to the U.S. invasion of Iraq. It is set in the near future (c2011?) and remains extremely timely.
The action screams from the pages from the opening event of an assassination attempt on the President, and doesn't let up. Rosenberg is a saavy political and military writer. He takes the action all over the world, from Colorado's mountains, to Saddam Hussein's Baghdad (he was alive when this was written), to Russian train stations, to the hills of Jerusalem. The plot basically involves Iraqi aggression, with nuclear overtones, against the west. The story is credible enough, and complex enough. Characterizations are OK, with less overstatement than I usually have to suffer in this type of a novel.
As I mentioned, this was written prior to the capture and execution of Saddam Hussein, but interestingly . . . substitute Iran for Iraq, and Achmedinijhad (sp) for Hussein, and you have an up-to-date "could happen" adventure thriller.
Rosenberg is Clancyesque in his use of current military/security procedure and technology, but not perfect. (I have some personal experience). Neither is the editing, and it reveals that this book was rushed to press. Examples: His description of the size and composition of a presidential motorcade was over the top (maybe in 2011, who knows). A Navy Seahawk helicopter is called a Skyhawk in one erroneous reference. I believe a .45 caliber ACP round is used in auto-pistols, NOT revolvers (.45 Colt round). And, Dirty Harry movies aside, NO modern plainclothes enforcement officer carries a .45 caliber six shot revolver (excess weight, bulk, limited capacity). This comment, by the way, concerns the same agent in the story that not only always carries night vision goggles in his luggage (maybe), but also packs a spare set (uh, no). You can't load half a dozen adults, including their equipment and a stretcher into the typical metro police helicopter and get the thing off the ground. Why when under urgent attack in the high tech "safe room" of a Jerusalem home, does the owner resort to calling the White House and waiting for a SEAL Team to arrive, when there are more than adequate response resources available within minutes from the Israeli authorities. There are more, but you get my drift.
Rosenberg also reasonably and only semi-subtley inserts a Christian salvation message in the story. I say "reasonably", as Islam is given equal time in the book, in terms of idealistic speeches. Fair enough.
So this was not perfect, but it was a super-engaging can't-put-down fun read that remains on target with what's going on in the world. I'll go 5 stars for that.
Great political thriller! You can't put it down. November 16, 2008
This book is almost unreal it's so real! The events Mr. Rosenberg writes about actually seem to come true shortly after he writes about them. It's hard to put down the book once you start reading.
Good first novel September 10, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Rosenberg's first novel is a pretty good thriller. His action scenes are fast paced and thrilling, even though he crowds in a lot of technical details about weapons. I read these scenes rapidly, eager to find out who would live and who would not.
He also includes a geopolitical story line, which tends to slow the book down. When the hero sits in a on a presidential cabinet meeting my attention began to wander. This part of the story was less interesting. It was also less believable.
The novel sustained my interest through to the end. The action slowed at times, but never stopped. The characters were believable enough. They were described in about as much depth as one would expect from an action novel. This first novel does not rise to the level of Tom Clancy, but it is a good start. I think Rosenberg compares favorably with authors like Vince Flynn.
Thrilling, scary! August 30, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book was thrilling, scary, and almost phrophetic when it was written. I could hardly put it down, then read the rest of the series a quickly as I could! READ THESE!
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