This book picks up shortly after The First Hostage ends. Despite his own recent experiences, President Taylor is half-hearted in his response to ISIS. He feels that he’s got ISIS on the run yet he’s more concerned about making waves than about keeping the country safe. J.B. Collins urges him to go after the mastermind behind the terror attacks, Abu Khalif. Yet even after the capitol building is struck, President Taylor is unable to see that this is just the beginning. J.B. knows that Khalif will follow through with his threats to kill as many Americans as he can, including the president and J.B. himself. Though his brother reminds J.B. that his initials don’t stand for “James Bond, Jason Bourne, or Jack Bauer,” J.B. feels he must do something, so he teams up with some unlikely allies to hunt down Khalif and bring him to justice.
Don’t let the length of this book (480 pages) intimidate you. If you like political thrillers or suspense novels, the pages will fly by. The action keeps things moving. It feels very current and relevant when you consider all that is happening in the world. I think that Rosenberg does a great job of exposing ISIS and radical jihadists for who they are and what they’re trying to do while not painting the whole Muslim community in the same light.
This was my favorite book in this trilogy. J.B. is so authentic and real in his emotions and thought processes. He is having a hard time already dealing with what happened in The First Hostage when things start piling up on him again. He questions everything he’s believed and needs to deal with the uncertainty of making it out of his quest alive. He has to decide what he’s willing to live and die for as well as what he wants the next chapter of his life to look like. Should he continue to be a war correspondent? Or should he go after the woman in his heart, Yael?
I really enjoyed this book. It was hard to put it down. I would highly recommend this book but would encourage you to read the three books in order if you can. Thank you to Tyndale House for providing me with a free e-copy of this book. All opinions are my own.
J.B. Collins series:
Book 1: The Third Target
Book 2: The First Hostage – https://markdoreenstewart.wordpress.com/2016/01/01/the-first-hostage-by-joel-c-rosenberg/
Book 3: Without Warning
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