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The Ezekiel Option

By: Joel C. Rosenberg
Narrated by: Patrick G. Lawlor
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Publisher's summary

The first page of Joel C. Rosenberg's first thriller, The Last Jihad, put listeners inside the cockpit of a hijacked jet, coming in on a kamikaze attack into an American city...but it was written nine months before September 11, 2001. As Jihad unfolds, an American president finds himself in a war with Saddam Hussein over terrorism and weapons of mass destruction...but it was published five months before the actual war with Iraq began.

Rosenberg's second novel, The Last Days, opens with the death of Yasser Arafat and an American president pressing for peace in the Middle East...but it was published 13 months before the actual death of Yasser Arafat.

Now comes The Ezekiel Option, an explosive new political thriller that literally feels ripped from tomorrow's headlines. With Saddam Hussein and Yasser Arafat out of the way, a dazzling era of security and prosperity seems to have come to the Middle East. With the help of an American president trying to spread freedom and democracy, the Israelis and the Palestinians have signed a historic peace agreement. Violence is down. Their economies are booming.

But a new evil looms on the horizon. A dictator is rising in Russia. Iran is feverishly building nuclear weapons. A new Axis of Evil is emerging, led by Moscow and Tehran. And Jon Bennett and Erin McCoy - two senior White House advisors - find themselves facing the most chilling question of their lives: Is the world rushing to the brink of an apocalypse prophesied more than 2,500 years ago?

Listen to more in the Political Thrillers Series.
©2005 Joel C. Rosenberg (P)2005 Brilliance Audio, Inc.

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"The book is better written and more complex than Left Behind, to which it will inevitably be compared." ( Publishers Weekly)

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Great Series!

I have now listened to the entire series. I really liked the stories, and was amazed at how well he called some of the happenings in his book in parallel with what is happening right now with the middle east and our economy. I have been recommending this series to all of my friends and family. It is less preachy than the left behind series, and i appreciated all of his information he included in his story about what part of the Bible he was using as a basis for his fictional story.

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Wonderful Book

I think this book is great. I love the whole series. It is well written and I loved the way it was read. It makes you feel like you are there and viewing the whole thing. I would recommend this to all of my friends.

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Loving this series

Action packed and quick paced. Patrick Lawlor brings Rosenbergs words to life. Can't put it down.

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Narrator rushed the book

At times during a pivitol point in the book the narrator rushed the book almost to where you couldn't undstand what he was saying.

The plot held my attention.

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What's worse than the zeal of a New Born Christian

I have enjoyed this series.
I just don't appreciate the "New Born Christian" entering into the story!!!

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should be listed under religious book

What would have made The Ezekiel Option better?

better storyline

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disappointment... why push religion

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i wish it had a better storyline.
this book did not meet the expectation

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Exciting From Start to Finish

This is an excellent series, especially if the prominent role of Biblical prophecy doesn't offend you. This book was as good as any in the series.

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Ezekiel Option an Excellent book!

Excellent read (listen), kept us guessing at each turn. We found it well researched, enjoyable and thought provoking! Great job and I would recommed this book to all my friends.

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Terrible

i didnt finish this, tried because it was part of a 2 for 1 special. This was a diatribe on religious thought with poor writing.

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Joel Rosenberg is a fraud

Rosenberg leads us into the story from the first book in the series and one wants to go on to see where it leads. But when he gets to the third book, he then tries to convert the reader into accepting Christ and shows in his book both Jews and Muslems who have done so and thus are "saved" in the final days.

I won't read anything else he has written.

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