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| Author: Joel C. Rosenberg
Creator: Phil Gigante
Publisher: Brilliance Audio
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  164 reviews
Sales Rank: 42564
Format: Unabridged
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Items: 9
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.1 x 1.4
ISBN: 1423330870
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN: 9781423330875
ASIN: 1423330870
Publication Date: March 18, 2008
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| Customer Reviews:
 Another Winner From Rosenberg! March 31, 2008
10 out of 13 found this review helpful
This book picks up with our heros doing work in camps in Jordan after
the DDay of Devastation. Jon and Erin have left America and have chosen to
do this type of service. In America James McPherson is preparing to make
his final speech at the Republican convention being held in Los Angeles.
Four boats of Liberian markings shoot nuclear missiles at four American
cities. New Yor,Washington D.C.,Seattle, and Los Angeles are leveled by these attacks. President PacPherson is killed when the missiles hit Los
Angeles. The dead Americans number in the millions. Vice-President William Oaks becomes the new President. In the neamtime events on the world stage are spiralling out of control. Prime Ministare David Doron is racing to finish the Third Temple. President al-Hassani and Secretary-General of the Unites Nations Salvatore Lucente are secretely trying to establish a new world order. In the meantime the President is trying to find out who shot nuclear missiles at the United States. This book will leave you asking "are the final days here"? This is an excelent book. Be
sure to read it.
A biblical thriller of huge proportions March 28, 2008
12 out of 14 found this review helpful
Several authors have written novels based upon a nuclear attack on the U.S. by terrorists. Most allow the hero to save the day in the last chapter. Only two authors have allowed the attack to succeed and then tell the story of the consequences. Joel Rosenberg is one of them, and he has written a tremendous book, the best of his series. Four American cities are destroyed with nuclear armed short range missiles launched from ships. Something that is entirely possible. I am impressed by the fact that the weapons are depicted correctly. No glaring technical errors that degrade may otherwise good books.
DEAD HEAT is an excellent thriller based on biblical prophecy. Like his other novels, the characters are religious, and much scripture is quoted, however, it is done in a manner that does not offend. The story certainly make one think about the future and religion.
Rosenberg skillfully weaves historical facts and biblical prophecy into a page turning thriller.
I am the other author I mention above. It appears that Rosenberg and I wrote our books concurrently, telling a two different kind of stories based on similar premises. My novels deal with events in a secular manner. In both books: an Islamic Empire with a dictator arises; North Korea looks south for conquest; the government is decapitated; China is a major player with entirely different roles in each book; a whodunit story (who attacked and where did they get the weapons); and America, reeling from the attack, needs a strong leader. Both books are stories of American survival.
Rosenberg includes the third temple, while I saved it for my last book in my Clash of Civilizations trilogy.
I have one advantage over Rosenberg--I have first hand experience with weapons of mass destruction--while he has more direct experience in the Middle East. I can attest that DEAD HEAT is an excellent novel.
I highly recommend DEAD HEAT. It is a page turning must read.
Tyndale House Publishing turned down my manuscript for my second novel Behold, an Ashen Horse because it was too similar to a book by one of their authors. At the time I though it was Joel Rosenberg, but could not connect the comment to any of his published books. Now I understand. Well done Joel.
Great Book March 28, 2008
2 out of 5 found this review helpful
I was spellbound and hated to even go to bed!! It is a great read, and I feel like I will miss Jon and Erin from now on. I read all of them.
A matter of your soul's destination March 26, 2008
3 out of 6 found this review helpful
My paradigm has shifted. Dead Heat directly moved it. I had to, for the first time in my life, realize that I am a child of God first and an American second. Though I love my country and would fight for its existence, Joel has helped me realize that nothing is more important than knowing where your soul will rest. Countries, ideologies, money, jobs, and positions, will fade. What's left when they do?
Even for the non-Christian and non-believer this thriller challenges thought and forces you to face the facts. Where are we heading as a nation, as a world? What dose the bible say about America in the end times? Joel hits these questions head on in a gripping tale that you will not be able to put down. Trust me. 1 book > 22 hours. For me that's incredible.
Conflicted! March 26, 2008
19 out of 26 found this review helpful
I am not sure what it is I want to say about this book.
It starts out white hot with the most chilling description of a nuclear attack on the US that I have ever read. As we scramble to determine who did it and how to respond to it, the characters of Jon Bennett and his wife Erin reappear to continue the interweaving of Biblical prophesy and today's reality. The book is an absolute page turner right to the end, but it was the ending that left me feeling unfulfilled and quizical. I'm not sure I can explain it any better than that.
Rosenberg states in an Author's Note at the beginning of the book, "I pray to God the novel that you hold in your hands never comes true." I'll join him in that prayer.
If you have enjoyed the previous books in this series, the other reviews here would suggest you will this one also. That is what makes me so conflicted about my reaction which is probably exactly what the author intended.
Only one way to find the answer for yourself. Dive in.
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