The Ezekiel Option (Political Thrillers Option #3) | 
 enlarge | Author: Joel C. Rosenberg
Creator: Patrick G. Lawlor
Publisher: Brilliance Audio
Category: Book
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Rating:  148 reviews
Sales Rank: 1172507
Format: Abridged
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Items: 5
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 6.1 x 5.1 x 0.8
ISBN: 1596003081
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN: 9781596003088
ASIN: 1596003081
Publication Date: June 28, 2005
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Product Description
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.
Rosenbergs 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 thirteen months before the actual death of Yasser Arafat.
Now comes The Ezekiel Option, an explosive new political thriller that literally feels ripped from tomorrows 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?
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 End Times Prophecy October 14, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
If you enjoyed the Left Behind series by Jerry Jenkins and Tim LaHaye, you'll love Joel C. Rosenbergs political thriller. You are right there beside him as you see the Biblical prophecy unfold on his pages.
 A Thinly Disguised Religious Tract October 10, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
A Soviet airliner shot down during an attempt to obliterate the White House, a coup in the Kremlin bringing in virulent new leadership, and the resulting descent to the verge of the final war provide the backdrop for The Ezekiel Option.
Unfortunately, this fascinating scenario is ruined by the author's increasingly frequent interventions, during which he exposits huge globs of Christian dogma as he attempts to sell the idea that GOD, being on the side of the good guys (us), will never permit the bad guys (the russians) to destroy us, even if it means a kind of "Immaculate Intervention" (my words), a concept expressed in the old testament book of Ezekiel and its precursor documents.
The author paints the world into a truly nightmarish corner - a corner from which there can be no escape - and then reaches his hand into the story and makes all the bad guys disappear. A very big disappointment, and I feel foolish for having been suckered into reading what I now realize is really a thinly disguised work of a writer on an evangelical mission.
I am not the kind of reviewer who casually trashes someone's work. I choose my reads carefully in the hopes I'll love the story. Unfortunately, that was not the case this time and I'm giving two stars. I won't be reading Mr. Rosenberg's work again. If you fool me once, shame on you. If you fool me twice, shame on me.
Art Tirrell is the author of 2007's The Secret Ever Keeps
An intriguing story very well told October 10, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Joel Rosenberg is without question a gifted story teller. In telling this tale, he weaves an intricate tapestry of international intrigue, held together by the prospect of an impending cataclysm, while using his principal character's love story as his common thread. As one who reads very little fiction, I was surprised to find that this author has done his homework. His understanding of the inner workings of governments, particularly the United States Government, and of the interactions between governments is truly impressive and serves to make this work all the more believable, especially when coupled with his firm grasp of religious prophesy and of both current and recent events and their impact on nations. Stated differently, the author takes today's world and moves it seamlessly into the near future, based on recent world events and the prophesies of the past, in a frighteningly believable way.
Having read the first eight "Left Behind" books before losing interest, I couldn't help but note the difference between the way in which the two authors approached the subject of Armageddon, and I couldn't help but wonder how this author would deal with the presumed ultimate conclusion. Of the earlier series and this book: I found the "Left Behind" books to be much more fascinating, at least in the beginning, but I found this book to have a much greater depth and broader scope, and to be much more in-line with what is happening in today's world.
What did I like best about this book? I really liked the depth of knowledge the author displayed regard religious prophesies and the workings of government. I also liked the names he had chosen for his principle characters. They seemed to mirror the actual names of "real" people in past administrations, adding realism to his story. I also appreciated the manner in which his story relentlessly moved forward with the author being very careful to ensure that no loose ends were ever left sticking out -- a truly remarkable feat. What did I like the least? It seemed to me that when the plot had thickened and "Armageddon" had been set in motion, the storyline quickly evolved into the customary Hollywood "shoot `em up" chase scenario, as the hero strove to save his one true love in the face of insurmountable obstacles. I couldn't help but wonder how much better the book might have been without the love story. I did, however, find the conclusion of the book to be quite imaginative and quite surprising. Somehow, Rosenberg managed to pull off "Armageddon" in a more than convincing manner.
Although I don't really care much for science fiction, and I kept asking myself `Why am I wasting my time by reading this?', I'll have to give this book five stars. After all, it is an intriguing story very well told.
excellent reading October 8, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
all of Rosenberg's books are good. I strongly recommend them. They are informative and entertaining especially for people who like action films. And , an added bonus..they are very informational on end time events according to the Bible.
Another exciting political thriller October 1, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I couldn't lay this book down. It is so relevant to what is happening in the mid-East.
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