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The Tehran Initiative (2011)

by Joel C. Rosenberg(Favorite Author)
4.28 of 5 Votes: 5
ISBN
1414319355 (ISBN13: 9781414319353)
languge
English
publisher
Tyndale House Publishers
series
The Twelfth Imam
review 1: This book starts fairly slow with the author working recaps of book one in the series throughout the narrative. As a result, Rosenberg doesn't really hit his stride until about a hundred pages in. From that point on, however, I couldn't put the book down. It has all the classic elements of a spy story. The protagonist, David Shirazi, is operating amid the backdrop of war between Iran, led by the twelfth Imam, and Israel. Along with the international intrigue, Rosenberg also includes the spiritual. His characters, through flawed and imperfect, live their faith in a way that is believable and practical. This book is easily as good as the first book in the series (The Twelfth Imam) and I am looking forward to the final book of the trilogy.
review 2: I realize that
... more as the second book in a series there will be a bit of repetitive material so that a person could follow along without having read the first, but this was way too much. I finished it and will read the next so that I have closure on the whole story - which is really interesting - but I will be doing a lot of skimming through sections. The first book was so much better about just showing the story, characters, development, etc, while this one seemed to do so much overt telling that I was taken completely out of the narrative experience. less
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Aljae
I like the end time concept and then this book is an entertaining follow-up from the 12th Imam.
thedoctor95
Like all others, Joel spins a novel that mirrors prophesy like no other.
ryin19
The second book of a series. So real - hard to put down.
abs
A clear danger and timely.
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