I appreciated this book, not just as an exciting historical thriller (akin to Da Vinci Code and it’s many spawn), but for taking the issues of faith and religion a step further in this book. Unlike Da Vinci Code, here we have a character who is a member of the faith the supposed Templar secret could tear asunder. A character who expresses an outrage akin to what I felt when I read Da Vinci Code and it dropped its supposed “truth” on me about Jesus. And I really appreciated that.Or maybe it’s because I’ve already coped with the supposed “truths” that Da Vinci Code claims, or I’ve grown and matured or I’m just crazy. This is a really exciting book and an excellent read.

Joel Rosenberg so perfectly combines the style of Tom Clancy, Dan Brown and La Haye/Jenkins that it is absolutely irresistible. The characters are so familiar and comfortable, the plot is terse and believable, and the book is great fun. He is one of the few authors (K. A. Applegate and Eoin Colfer being others) that I have trouble putting down at 2 am (no trouble at 3 am). The books are actually detrimental to my productivity! And it’s got a tie-in to church! The Sunday after finishing the book, my pastor mentioned a teaching style of Jesus and other rabbi’s of 30 A.D. called remez. The principle is to read passages of the Old Testament in parts without explaining what was missing. It assumes that the audience of the sermon/lecture knows the Old Testament well enough to know what was missing and THAT was the thrust of the lecture/sermon. While … Continue reading →

I just can’t stop reading! I was absolutely riveted and completely drawn in by Eoin Colfer’s fascinating and technological revamp of the Fair Folk and teenage genius Artemis Fowl. I haven’t devoured pint-sized novels like this since my love of K. A. Applegate’s Animorphs.

The latest addition to Gideon Defoe’s masterful works continues the exciting and exhilarating romps through Europe with the witlessly brave Pirate Captain and his crew. The trouble starts when the Pirate Captain is mistaken for Karl Marx, but the adventure escalates as the Pirate Captain and his crew scour Paris to try and figure out why everyone hates communists. A brilliant comedic adventure that is a wonderful addition to Defoe’s other pirate adventures. Highly recommended.

It’s hard to review this book without a) giving away too much of the plot and b) finding enough different words to describe just how enjoyable the book is. It is a rollicking good time that presents an amusing take on the lives of pirates as they follow their devoted Captain around America searching for money to get out of debt with. I enjoyed this book very, VERY much and would highly recommend it to anyone, pirate fan or otherwise.

If you’re looking for a book about Charles Darwin, piratical absurd-ism and radioactive elephants, then you’ve come to the right place. If you’ve come looking for a serious adventure starring pirates (does such a thing even exist?) then go pick up something else. A tantalizing romp around the Atlantic Ocean and merry old London, nothing is sacred in this nautical adventure. Pirates disguised as scientists fit right in at a meteorological ball…The Holy Ghost will be wrestled by a manpanzee….a pirate will attack Big Ben….and much more in this delightful tale of villainy and ham.

Even though I read The Ezekiel Option (Book 3) before reading The Last Jihad (Book 1) and now The Last Days (Book 2), I really wish I hadn’t because now I have to read book 3 all over again….sigh. The Wikipedia spoiler highlights just aren’t good enough! Rosenberg has the talent as a writer to suck a reader in with characters and political/military excitement like you wouldn’t believe. I read this book in a week and usually I take at least a month to read a book. I don’t really have much else to say except how incredibly enjoyable and engaging Rosenberg is as an author. Oh and he continues his prophetic streak. The book begins with a terrorist attack in Gaza (don’t worry it’s not a one-trick pony) that kills Yasser Arafat and attacks a U.S. diplomatic convoy. “Two weeks before The Last Days was published, a U.S. diplomatic … Continue reading →

That’s right I’m still awake. Why? Because Joel Rosenberg write a book you can’t put down when you get to a certain point. Sure he abuses the classic foreshadowing techniques of great fiction (if a character swears to let nothing interfere with his family’s upcoming vacation, you know that character will die), but the way Rosenberg writes…..I mean I read The Ezekiel Option about a year ago and I can vividly remember having to just stop what I was doing, take the book and go lie on the couch and read for several hours. Joel Rosenberg’s claim to fame (aside from being a phenomenal fiction writer) is that he’s somewhat of a prophet through his books. The Last Jihad is his first novel and was nearly completed before 9/11 happened. And in the book a hijacked plane attacks the President, who discovers it’s an Iraqi plot and charges into a … Continue reading →