Book 30: The Last Jihad

The Last Jihad

by Joel C. Rosenburg

While in a book discussion, which I love to engage in, someone recommended this book.  It was a pretty easy find on paperbackswap.com, so I ordered it. 

I am sure there is a word for this type of read....it's kind of like candy, except not as sweet.  With minimally developed characters and predictable endings, it's not a book I would recommend to others (though I do see why it was recommended to me- with it's fast pace and twists and turns, I'm not mad at whoever it was that said I should read it).  

Despite this, I didn't dislike the book- it's more like, I knew what would happen and how it would end and who would fall in love with who.  In fact, although I wouldn't pass it on, I would read the next book in the series.  Am I making sense here?

Here is the back of book summary.  Chose for yourself, but if you will only read one book I read, don't have it be this one.

"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-Isreali 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 Isreali and Palestinian. But just before a treaty can be signed, Isreali 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 Isreali 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 their stealth and savvy to save themselves--and the world--from absolute destruction."