The Last Jihad

The Last Jihad, Book 1

By: Joel C. Rosenberg

Narrated by: Dick Hill

Length: 9 hrs and 53 mins

Publisher's summary

Jon Bennett is a top Wall Street strategist turned senior White House advisor. But nothing has prepared him for the terror that he will face. Saddam Hussein dispatches his top hit men to assassinate the President of the United States. Iraqi terrorists spread carnage throughout London, Paris, and Riyadh...and the Butcher of Baghdad has a nuclear ace in his hand that he has not yet played.

Only a solid Arab-Israeli coalition against Iraq can keep the U.S. and other Western nations from certain devastation. And only Bennett and his beautiful partner, Erin McCoy, can make that happen. Their secret project - a billion dollar oil deal off the coast of Gaza - could be the basis for an historic peace treaty and enormous wealth for every Israeli and Palestinian.

But just before the treaty can be signed, Israeli commandos foil an Iraqi scud missile launch, recovering a nuclear warhead and evidence that the next attack will level Washington, New York, and Tel Aviv.

Now, the Israeli prime minister gives the American President an ultimatum: melt down Baghdad within one hour...or Israel will do it herself.

From Jerusalem, Bennett and McCoy must summon all of their stealth and savvy to save themselves - and the world - from absolute destruction.

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©2004 Joel C. Rosenberg (P)2004 Brilliance Audio, Inc.

Critic reviews

"Dick Hill performs this thriller with practiced ease, speeding up when the tension should rise and relaxing through the backstory....[D]oomsday predictions and a spectacular ending bring Rosenberg's speculations to a dramatic conclusion." ( AudioFile)

A Good Listen In Spite of Being Out Dated

Dick Hill's performance is great. While I think Rosenberg is a good writer, the fact that many events are out of date or ended up with very different results (ie: the Taliban has been decimated in the book, but is still very much alive in real life) takes away from the book for the 2012 listener. On the other hand, it makes me curious about how Rosenberg will deal with those issues later in the series.

Spellbound

What did you love best about The Last Jihad?

I enjoy Bible prophecy and it was interesting to learn more of the mind set of the thinking and also the technology developments in the countries of the mideast.

Boring and Not Entertaining!!!

The reader was excellent, but the story line was terrible! Very predictable and I found myself not interested by Chapter 3.

Excellent story!

Loved the story line. Great to see someone still believes God is still relevant in global leadership and this can be woven into quality literature.

Great story. Kept my attention.

Narrator did a great job of setting the reading tempo, speeding up during action scenes and normal during the back story.

all i can say is...

Rivitting!! i couldn't put it down.
i really enjoyed it. i can't wait to start the next book in the series

Rosenberg’s books are great, but don’t start with this one

I have enjoyed Joel Rosenberg’s books for years but never read his first series. This book is a little slow at first, there is action from the start but doesn’t engage you. Park of that might have been the performance. If you are already a fan, you will enjoy this book; if not start with a different series.

Fantastic Reading

I am already going into the next book. Great first read. looking forward too series.

Saddam Hussein meets a fictional alternative end.

Who was your favorite character and why?

John Bennett, highly talented, successful, intuitive, and raised in Russia by a sweet babushka.

What about Dick Hill’s performance did you like?

Easy, clear voice. Never tiring to listen to. He adds passion and emotion, but not overly so.

If you could take any character from The Last Jihad out to dinner, who would it be and why?

Eli Mortikai, ex-Mousad, to engage in general rambling discussion wherever he wants to travel.

Riveting

Keep you on the edge of your seat kind of story! Loved this storyline. Can’t wait to hear the next one.