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Above Empyrean: A Novel of the Final Days of the War Against Islamist Terrorism By Bruce Herschensohn ( Beaufort Books )
Release Date: 2008-07
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Product Description
Islamist revolutionary terrorists have taken over the United States of America. Millions of citizens have been killed, imprisoned, and tortured. The President is missing, his most trusted advisor, Eli Jared, is holed up in a secret government command center. Without weapons or any communication with the outside world, Jared must figure out how to wrest the fate of the nation away from terrorists bent on obliterating the American way of life.
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 Disappointing
I wanted to like this book. I've heard many good things about Herschensohn and to the extent I can make out his premise I agree with it. Unfortunately this book reads as though the author submitted his story outline for publication instead of an actual novel.
Spoilers below--if it's possible to spoil this thing any more that the author already has.
The book is confused and confusing from the start. It's nearly impossible to sort out the good guys from the bad guys. The story, to the extent one even exists, is confusing, disjointed, haphazard and, frankly, just plain dumb. As near as I can tell, the head good guy has had a computer genius working on some kind of super dupper computer simulation for several years before the book begins. At a critical point in the "story" said computer genius is pulled out of thin air with a way to retake the United States using some kind of high tech computer generated video. The method and means are never explained in any coherent fashion, it just kind of happens.
All in all this is the most disappointing book I have read in a very long time, maybe ever.
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I wanted to like this book
While I agree with the author about the threat of Islamic terrorism, I found this book to be simplistic in its writing and lacking explanation of major plot points. I have no idea how the enemy was defeated. It's fantasy science fiction beyond anything I've seen on Star Trek. It's not enough to like a book because you agree with the author, you need to be satisfied with the overall story. I was not. I was reminded of a movie released several years ago, "The Day After Tomorrow" which told of the impending doom of global warming. The film reviewer in San Francisco said something to the effect, While this movie lacks certain plausibility issues, I'm giving it 5 stars because everyone needs to see this and fight global warming. I'm sorry, but a bad movie is a bad movie, and a bad book is a bad book.
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 A shout against the ever increasing political stupidity in our land
This isn't so much a novel or thriller or war book but instead it's a warning about how unserious we are as a country.
It's the author's attempt to grab us up out of our chair by our shirt , slap us in the face, and say "GET OUT OF YOUR DAZE.... YOUR COUNTRY IS AT RISK"
A feeling that grows stronger inside me with each day.
Don't read this book for a plot, or its dialog, or its settings because this book in not concerned with that... read this book if you feel like you're in the ever shrinking population of people who realize that our nation is in extreme jeopardy..and it seems no one in Washington cares or is capabile of defending us.
The War against Jihadism began in Afghanistan but Americans should have CONSTANTLY been told.. week after week. that it doesn't end there. It doesn't end in Iraq.. It doesn't end in Iran...It won't end in Syria... the war is everywhere.
Everywhere that there exists those who wish to impose Sharia Law , there is the war. Who will win? Which side is willing to do what it takes to ensure its values endure?
Sadly, not us.
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A shallow read
The plot is short and shallow with a subject and premise that could have produced a truly captivating novel. But this effort falls miles short. The premise is believable, but instead of a page-turner, what we get is a short novel that is a quick, but shallow and unsatisfying, read. The dialog often depicts at extreme length one politician explaining the constitution or a history of wars and treaties to another. Neither conservative nor liberal political characters are presented with believable depth. I am quite disappointed and in fact embarrassed for the author and publisher.
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Facsinating premise, well told, and an important read
Above Empyrean conveys to the reader a fictional account of what may very well happen to the United States if the war against Islamic extremist is not considered the preeminent issue of survival. The destruction of the U.S. is constantly expressed by those who want to see America destroyed.
"Death to America" may seem like simply a chant regarded as a rallying point for anti-American sentiment throughout the Islamic world, but it is clear that they "mean it."
I would recommend that everyone who loves America read this important and clarion "wake-up" call to American voters.
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