The Last Jihad

The Last Jihad is a novel by Joel C Rosenberg. It is a political thriller written in a slightly religious viewpoint.

The story starts in 2020 when America is at peace. All the enemies of America have been defeated and are lying low, debt is also out of the picture. Wall street is thriving and it is once again a wealthy and powerful nation. Iraq and the middle east suddenly strike America and her allies in startling assassination attempts. Panic hits the world and nothing is certain. Jon Bennett, a wall street analyst and an expert in the stock exchange market finds a huge deal in the middle east. He works with the president to come up with a final peace plan. Shortly after, nuclear weapons are found and it is up to the president to keep Israel from completely destroying Iraq and the peace plan that could unite the world. The Iraqis plan a final attempt to destroy America. The president has to decide if he must launch nuclear missiles and destroy Iraq and possibly his entire peace plan, or be destroyed himself.

You have to read it to know the ending.

The mention of God or the mention of relying on God comes up a few times throughout the book. Also things like "Thank the Lord for that," are said 2 or 3 times throughout the book. So I don't know if he is going to turn the series into a religious series. There are 2 or 3 swear words said throughout the book but other then that it is clean. The Last Jihad is a good read if you have some time to put into it. If you read little bits at a time you wont remember what happens. It is a complicated story line with quite a few characters for good and evil. It is part of a five book series and this book is going to leave you wanting more, so if you don't have time right now then get your other read out of the way. I would rate this book AG for almost great. It's almost completely clean, but it lacks the adrenaline pumping action that would put this over the top.

The rating system:

B- Bad, Boring, not worth it, foul, perverted.
Ok- ok, not living up to expectations, boring story line, unclean.
D- Decent, Boring story line, decently written, fairly clean
GD- Good, Interesting story line, well written fairly clean
AG- Almost Great, good story line, well written, almost completely clean
G- Great, Draws you in, You want more, good story line, good writing, clean.
E- Excellent, The best ever, Great story line, Awesome writing, action packed, Completely clean, the bomb.