The Tehran Initiative Audiobook

" So incredibley enjoyable and informative. Joel Rosenberg is a must read in this day and age. "

" A great story and written in a way that made me have to keep turning into the next chapter to see what happens. Few books make me keep turning like this one. "

" Can't wait for the next book!!!! This book was just as good as the first!!!! "

" The sequel to The Twelfth Imam was as good as the first--exciting, intriguing, edge-of-your-seat situations. Middle East tensions and the Muslim desire to eliminate Jews or all Zionists, including Americans, is central to the plot. Hard to put down. "

" I started out really loving this book, but I slowly ended up getting frustrated with it. I haven't read the prequel and didn't really know much about the author before getting into this, but a lot would have made more sense if I had. Rosenberg is basically an evangelical who is on a recruitment drive. You can see it in the plot itself. Now, I have to say, this book is great on a spy thriller level. The action is great and the intrigue is even better. The geopolitical backdrop of the Iran-Israel conflict is fascinating (something that I take a real-world interest in), especially when you add a character like the 12th Imam in there. The Mahdi angle is great. From those standpoints, the book really is a pageturner. However, as you read further in, you notice some odd things. Such as religious eschatology. The book gets very preachy. And you can see Rosenberg's bias clearly. In this world, the Judeo-Christian West wants peace and is presented as the clear good guy, whereas the Islamic world is portrayed as a cunning and warmongering player. It just felt too black and white, good vs evil for me. This is because the real issue of the current West vs Iran problem is much more complicated than the whitewashed version Rosenberg presents. Having studied the issue, the way it is presented here seems clumsy and disingenuous. The weird supernatural stuff that happens just left me scratching my head. And don't get me started on the preaching. The author makes it seem like all Muslims are either A) pure evil or B) closet Christians. It seemed way too ridiculous for me. The segments with characters like Marseille and Malik had me rolling my eyes and I would often have to skim past their pontificating parts. I really liked the main character, David, especially since Rosenberg decides to use an actual Iranian-American, but he too gets bitten by the preaching bug, which is a damn shame considering that his segments are really exciting to read. I'm giving this book 3 stars only because of the interesting backdrop and the pageturning suspense, but the overly simplistic view of the issue and the tedious sermons prevent it from being a 5 star read. "

" I liked this book better than the Twelfth Iman. Enjoyable read. "

" Wow. What an incredible book.....this stuff is happening today in the real world. The last 100 pages fly by as the tension is unbelievable. I urge anyone to read the previous book and this book in this series. I cannot wait until next fall when the conclusion comes out. "

" This is another exciting, extremely well written novel that I would highly recommend. "

" very good series. if you like fiction that is related to end times theology you will love this series. "

" Merde "

" Remarkably today..... What more could Rosenberg know???? "

" Another spell-binding installment in the series! "

" Once again. Creepily prophetic and couldn't put it down. "

" Lots of action. Scary in that it portrays a plausible set of events that could effect America "

" Fast moving and interesting. I read this one on an e-reader from our library. Don't know if the digital version is different from the print version. "

" The plot was pretty fascinating and thought provoking. Honestly, the only thing that bugged me was the extreme Christianity. "

" Was a good fast and exciting read. I could of liked better without the proselytizing though. "

" A fascinating story of what may soon come to pass in the middle east. "

" Good book, of course; really like the series that seems like it could be happening right now, much like Clancy used to be, highly recommend "

" Just finished reading the next book in this series. It was excellent and great page turner. Makes you wonder if the things that happen could and maybe will happened. "

" Miserable book. I should have know it would be bad if I had noticed the only blurb on the jacket was a ringing endorsement from Rush Limbaugh. I figured it cost me a dollar at Half Price Books so I'm not out much except a week of my life reading it. "

" An interesting tale of what could come. The author paints a picture of the way that part of the world thinks and how under the crisis that occurs how our government reacts or doesn’t react. Great story line , but for me a little preachy. Give it a try. "

" Almost done. 90% on Kindle. Love this author. Have read everything he has written on the Middle East. Scary stuff. Hope in this latest book none of it comes to pass. "

" One more book by Joel Rosenburg that I wasn't able to put down! The story this book tells could literally be tomorrows headline with its thought provoking insights into the Middle East and the politics of today. "