The End of Days: Armageddon and Prophecies of the Return (The Earth Chronicles)

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Why is it that our current twenty-first century a.d. is so similar to the twenty-first century B.C.? At a time when religious fanaticism and a clash of civilizations raise the specter of a nuclear Armageddon, many ask: Is history destined to repeat itself? What does the future hold? Will biblical prophecies come true, and if so, when?

Ever since Zecharia Sitchin, in his first trailblazing book The 12th Planet, brought to life the Sumerian civilization and its record of the Annunaki—the extraterrestrials who had come to Earth from their planet Nibiru, fashioned mankind, and gave us civilization and religion—questions have abounded. Are the ancient gods still here, or did they leave? Will they return? What will happen then? Will there be another Deluge or Apocalypse when Nibiru meets Earth? What about “Planet X” and the Mayan 2012? What about Jesus?

In The End of Days, a masterwork that required thirty years of additional research, Sitchin dares to give the answers by presenting compelling new evidence that the Past is the Future—that mankind and its planet Earth are subject to a predetermined cyclical Celestial Time.

Tracing historical events from the messianic fervor and use of nuclear weapons in the twenty-first century B.C., Sitchin resolves ancient enigmas like the Nazca Lines or the origin and significance of the Cross, the Fishes, and the Chalice, places in context the events of the Last Supper and hidden clues like those in Da Vinci's painting, explains the space-related reasons for the everlasting centrality of Jerusalem, and—following in the footsteps of Sir Isaac Newton—deciphers the Time Code in the books of Daniel and Revelation and of the Day of the Lord and the End of Days prophecies.

In this remarkable and relevant conclusion to his bestselling The Earth Chronicles series, Sitchin shatters perceptions and uses history to reveal what is to come at The End of Days.

Customer Reviews:

Awesome FICTIONAL work........2007-09-26

What a great story! From a purely fictional point of view that is. But please don't take Mr. Sitchin seriously. Yes, he's done a lot of work and he's very passionate and I believe HE believes all that's in his books. But if you want facts, follow the work of true scholars.

There are plenty of reviews on this book and even more opinions I'm sure.

What's more important than a review is a call to reason. People - please... Just because you want or need to believe something is true doesn't mean that it is. When dealing with history and languages, I would highly recommend reviewing the work of true and accomplished scholars. Do this and you will likely get complete (as much as is possible) and the most accurate picture of the past as one can.

His credentials in no way qualify him to make such claims. If nothing else, look at his credentials and ask yourself how is this man qualified to make such claims?

I drive a fancy sports car and can give you the exact specs on the engine and body, from top to bottom. I could WOW the best of them with all the tech talk about the engine, transmission, suspension, etc. I could even carry on a detailed conversation with the mechanic if I had to. But I can tell you with certainty that if I was given a shop full of tools all to myself I couldn't fix my fancy sports car if it broke.

If you take your car into the shop be worked on, do you want the guy who talks like he knows what he's doing working on your car or do you want the guy with all the certificates on the wall that's PROVEN he knows what he's doing working on your car?

This is the case with Mr. Sitchin and his books. He talks a good line but has no credentials to prove he's anything more than just a fanciful talker.

Mr. Sitchin graduated from the University of London, majoring in economic history and he was a journalist and editor in Israel. How does this make him an expert in ancient Hebrew and the old Testament? In Sumerian culture? IMHO, this is a classic case of someone learning enough about an ancient language "to be dangerous". He absolutely sounds like he knows what he's talking about and sadly that fools a whole lot of people.

Like many, I was very taken initially with his ideas. But too much didn't add up. After months of research I was quite disappointed to realize that the basis of at least some of his theories (the ones I researched anyway) were too full of holes to be true.

There is an upside though - this a GREAT fictional story!

Real seekers of truth will check multiple sources and validate claims from many different sources. Do this and in time you will find the truth.

If you are looking to be entertained, look no further.

A LITTLE BIT CONFUSING..........2007-09-13

The book somewhat confused me because of some claims. The author also states that the reader should read his other books to understand this book clearly. Nevertheless, I still admire Zecharia Sitchin for all his efforts.

A Keeper.......2007-09-06

Buying a book is one thng haveing it be worth the storage space another. This is worth the storage space.

Creative .......2007-08-27

Sitchin can spin a tale of fiction that is inspired to say the least. He is universally hated in the astronomical, archaeological, and historical communities for his attempt to pass pseudo science off as fact. If fact is not what you are after, then buy this book and invest in a tinfoil hat.

A little disappointing ****** SPOILER ALERT *******.......2007-08-21

I've read all of Sitchin's books and was always pleased at the conclusion of each one. They were like adventure quests of hidden knowledge with the worst case scenario being a nice scifi story (and what a story!). This one left me wanting. I believe he just wanted to put his two cents in about 2012 even though he doesn't think it will be a date that anything significant happens. I think he's got a better theory floating around in his head but didn't want to share it for whatever reason. The beginning of the book is a bit boring as he has to tell the back story. The middle is more interesting with more detail about the tales of the annunaki and their petty power struggles. The end was a bitter disappointment to me. His theory on the davinci last supper painting, in which he thinks the space between jesus and mary/john is where elijah should be and the missing cup being the grail that elijah took, is just lacking. To me the alternate grail theories make more sense and have better documentation. Obviously this book is a must read if you've read the rest of the series as how can one not read the supposed last one but it doesn't hold up to his prior standard. When does Sitchin think the annunaki will return? Sometime in the age of pisces .... and that only leaves up to anywhere from 100 years from now to about 800 years from now depending on if you are going by the math or by sight.

Financial Armageddon: Protecting Your Future from Four Impending Catastrophes

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A guidebook for the future
Staring Into The Abyss
eyes WIDE open!
One of the better Doom + Gloom books
Written in plain terms, and notable for its painstakingly clear definitions

Financial Armageddon: Protecting Your Future from Four Impending Catastrophes
Michael J. Panzner
Manufacturer: Kaplan Business
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ASIN: 141959608X
Release Date: 2007-03-01

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According to Michael Panzner, the US is less than two years away from ""financial Armageddon."" When the stock market bubble burst in March 2000, the collapse that followed wiped out over two-thirds of the value of the technology-laden Nasdaq Index and decimated the hopes and dreams of millions of Americans.

Now, imagine not one, but four such disasters looming on the horizon. Four key elements--Debt, Derivatives, Government Guarantees, and the Retirement system--are quickly unraveling, and because they are so intricately connected, there will be an unremitting domino effect. With time running out, this is a disaster-in-the-making on which every American must be informed so they can protect themselves, their families, and their economic well-being before it's too late.

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A guidebook for the future.......2007-09-25

Like its topical namesake in the book of Revelation, Financial Armageddon describes tragic calamities at our doorstep. Given the recent developments in our economy, it has come time to talk about when and how the economic collapse will occur, not if.

In what may very well become a prophetic manual for the way our economy will collapse and touch every facet of our lives, Panzner's Financial Armageddon spells out in detail how he sees the fabric of our financial lives unraveling based on factors and circumstances beyond our control. The basic synopsis he offers is that "the United States will soon suffer the fallout of the live-for-today orgy of borrowing and extravagance that has already foisted an untenable economic and financial burden on future generations. (page 3)"

While Financial Armageddon might read as "doom and gloom" to some, it will be seen increasingly as a valuable asset - a guidebook for what may soon come - for those who wish to plan their financial future wisely and minimize risk. Those who desire to keep smelling roses and ignoring the signs of the times will be the first to suffer, for it is those who plan wisely and prepare for the future that are least impacted by external circumstances.

It is for those who desire to understand how our economy will likely unravel that Mr. Panzner has written Financial Armageddon. I suggest picking up a copy in an effort to understand what the future may very well hold.

Staring Into The Abyss.......2007-08-03

There is a memorable scene in Star Wars Episode V where Luke, unware of the worst possible outcome that awaits him, pledges to Yoda, "I am not afrad." Yoda, speaking with 900 years of aquired Jedi wisdom let's the untried and unproven and naïve Skywalker know in certain terms "You will be. You will be." Peter Schiff may not have 900 years on Wall Street but his Jedi skills are complete. He truly sees to other side. Peter takes the blissfully unaware investor by the neck and walks them right up to the edge of the cliff showing them the abyss below. And as Nietzsche said "When you stare into the abyss the abyss stares into you."

Schiff has aquired the title of doomsayer which is inapt. Few investment firms on Wall Street have made more money for their clients as Euro Pacific Captial and few industry analysts are as bullish on the overall global economy. It's the US economy where Schiff foretells financial armegeddon. And he doesn't wish for it. That is also untrue. He is simply telling you. It's real. It's coming. And it's inevitable.

Friday, August 3, 2007, 3:00 PM ECT. Jim Cramer has just appeared on CNBC proclaiming "Financial armageddon is here. THIS IS ARMAGEDDON."

Read the book. Buy it NOW on Amazon and have it overnighted to you. The situation is that dire and that urgent. Give it to all your friends and family to read. Take action before you lose your life savings, everything you own, and everything you ever dreamed of owning.

eyes WIDE open!.......2007-07-09

As I have always been gloom and doom in my outlook of this nation and my life has been spent preparing for one type of disaster or another (Y2K ect..) I can say that I've been proven wrong more than not. I do however believe in the the boy scout motto "BE PREPARED" and it has served me well. This book opens ones eyes to the smoke and mirrors that the Gov't,Big money, and the privately owned FED reserve try to serve up to an un-careing or un-informed populace and does so in a clear and understandable text. I implore anyone who want's another angle on our economy besides the Main Stream media to read this book. Hope for the best but be prepared for what this book outlines and you'll be a winner either way.

One of the better Doom + Gloom books.......2007-06-20

I like to read gloom and doom books. They are more fun reading than crime stories. I remember reading "Bankruptcy 1995" in the early 1990's - a book which predicted the bankrutcy of the United States in 1995. It was a scary reading in 1990, but as we know today, that prediction did not come true. In fact, the majority of all predictions about the future turn out to be wrong. It is not easy to predict the future correctly.

The book under review distinguishes itself from other books on this subject by its willingness to consider extremely dark scenarios in the future. Contrary to most other books, Panzner believes that the future will unfold via a debt deflation first followed by hyperinflation later on. He seriously believes that the Dollar will get more valuable in the future due to the Dollar scarcity caused by the accelerated repayment of debts.

The attempt to analyze the future in terms of inflation and deflation is in my opinion a case of old and obsolete financial thinking. The last major incidences of hyperinflation and deflation occured at least 70 years ago. Since then, the nature of money has changed completely. Today, money is essentially a piece of data in a computer system. Very little cash exists in the world in form of currency. Ben Bernanke is right by emphasizing that it is very easy to fight deflation: just mail to everybody credit card offers with 0% interest valid until the balance is paid off. (Such offers exist already today: 1.99% until the balance is paid off). Although Bernanke did not say it, it is equally easy for the government to fight hyperinflation. Since hyperinflation is characterized by extreme circulation velocities of money, what needs to be done in such a case is simply restrict people's access to their bank balances and credit cards to let's say $100 per day. That will dramatically increase the scarcity of Dollars which in turn will kill any emerging hyperinflation. All of that is easy to implement because money today is not tangible currency (like 60 years ago) but electronic bytes in computer memories. Computers are very powerful. That power can be utilized in order to control the flow of money and economic activity very efficiently.

If the future does not bring deflation nor hyperinflation, how will the future unfold? I believe, in the future we will not run out of money. Instead, we will run out of resources. For instance, gasoline may not be avaiable all the time. Electricity may not be avaiable 24 hours a day (blackouts). Water may not be avaiable 24 hours a day. Certain types of foods may become scarce. I believe that these things are going to happen first before any serious financial crash will occur. More effort is being spent on securing the financial system than money is being spent in securing essential resources for the future. In other words, the future will unfold pretty much in the direction of what happened in the Soviet Union before it collapsed. Everybody had a job and plenty of money. The money had great purchasing power, but unfortunately stores were empty most of the time, that is, money could be not be exchanged against consumer goods all the time. Certain essential things could not be obtained in stores, but on the black market only in form of barter (supplemented by money and alcohol as a form of payment). A development like this would be the logical conclusion of monetary policies started by Roosevelt in the 1930's.

One last remark: Every doom and gloom book should commit itself to stating a date by which the author admits that his predictions were wrong. For instance, if you predict bankruptcy of the United States, please also state a date by which such an event is going to happen at the latest. It does not make sense to predict the bankruptcy of the US 100 years from today. Such a prediction is totally worthless. If no date is specified by which the prediction is going to happen at the latest, there are no means to falsify the intellectual efforts of the author. In such a case, the prediction has only entertainment value.

Written in plain terms, and notable for its painstakingly clear definitions .......2007-06-17

Written by New York Institute of Finance faculty member Michael J. Panzer, Financial Armageddon: Protecting Your Future From Four Impending Catastrophes is a dire warning of the four most severe financial risks confronting Americans today. Private and public debt has been climbing to record levels; the aging population is putting so much pressure on Social Security that eventually retirement will be simply a hopeless mirage; systemic overindulgence in "hedge funds" and other house-of-cards derivatives that depend on assets losing their value to make a profit place negative pressures on the economy. Financial Armageddon does not pull punches in its warnings of doom and gloom, and what raw economic realities can potentially inflict upon Americans everywhere, yet its greatest asset is its solidly practical advice for preparing for the worst. From the importance of prioritizing maintenance investitures over acquisitional investitures (skipping the regular tune-up of a car is more likely to cause more expense further down the line) to knowing when to spend and when to hold off (it's valuable to buy up tangible and practical commodities such as nonperishable food when the threat of hyperinflation reigns, but not when prices are falling), to the singularly invaluable sentiment of "Trust but verify" - the importance of utilizing the internet to thoroughly check out the credentials and track records of any individual or institution with whom one is considering a financial relationship. Written in plain terms, and notable for its painstakingly clear definitions of terms like "derivatives" that cause many a lay reader's eyes to glaze over, "Financial Armageddon" is a must-read for anyone in the unfortunate modern era of ballooning fiscal irresponsibility, not to mention outright swindles. Highly recommended.

Armageddon's Children (The Genesis of Shannara, Book 1)

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It bogged down in the middle
If Al Gore wrote fanrasy, this is what he would write...
Great Reading
Fantastic
Armaggedon's Children - The Genesis of Shannara book 1

Armageddon's Children (The Genesis of Shannara, Book 1)
Terry Brooks
Manufacturer: Del Rey
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ASIN: 0345484088
Release Date: 2006-08-29

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If you have never read anything by beloved fantasy writer Terry Brooks, take your chance with Armageddon's Children, a rich and absorbing epic in which the world lies in ruins as the powers of darkness and light battle for control. Want to learn more? Watch our video featuring Terry Brooks:

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Terry Brooks is one of a handful of writers whose work defines modern fantasy fiction. His twenty-three international bestsellers have ranged from the beloved Shannara series to stories that tread a much darker path. Armageddon’s Children is a new creation–the perfect opportunity for readers unfamiliar with Brooks’s previous work to experience an author at the height of his considerable storytelling powers. It is a gripping chronicle of a once-familiar world now spun shockingly out of control, in which an extraordinary few struggle to salvage hope in the face of terrifying chaos.

Logan Tom is doomed to remember the past and determined to rescue the future. Far behind him lies a boyhood cut violently short by his family’s slaughter, when the forces of madness and hate swept our world after decadent excesses led to civilization’s downfall. Somewhere ahead of him rests the only chance to beat back the minions of evil that are systematically killing and enslaving the last remnants of humanity. Navigating the scarred and poisoned landscape that once was America and guided by a powerful talisman, Logan has sworn an oath to seek out a remarkable being born of magic, possessed of untold abilities, and destined to lead the final fight against darkness.

Across the country, Angel Perez, herself a survivor of the malevolent, death-dealing forces combing the land, has also been chosen for an uncanny mission in the name of her ruined world’s salvation. From the devastated streets of Los Angeles, she will journey to find a place–and a people–shrouded in mystery, celebrated in legend, and vital to the cause of humankind . . . even as a relentless foe follows close behind, bent on her extermination. While in the nearly forsaken city of Seattle, a makeshift family of refugees has carved out a tenuous existence among the street gangs, mutants, and marauders fighting to stay alive against mounting odds–and something unspeakable that has come from the shadows in search of prey.

In time, all their paths will cross. Their common purpose will draw them together. Their courage and convictions will be tested and their fates will be decided, as their singular crusade begins: to take back, or lose forever, the only world they have.

In Armageddon’s Children, Brooks brings his gifts as a mythmaker to the timeless theme of the unending, essential conflict between darkness and light–and carries his unique imaginative vision to a stunning new level. Prepare for a breathtaking tour de force. To those who are new to Terry Brooks, welcome. And to those who have read him for many years: prepare for a dramatic surprise.

Customer Reviews:

It bogged down in the middle.......2007-10-04

Getting very tired of volumes that bog down in the middle with battle scenes that go on and on. The beginning and first few chapters were excellent, but then it was if the author ran out of steam. Sorry. It just didn't keep my interest.

If Al Gore wrote fanrasy, this is what he would write..........2007-10-02

I wanted to read a fantasy book, not have someone attempt to indoctrinate the evils of our modern civilization. According to this author, we'd all be better off living in tribes, worshiping nature. Meanwhile, people like Al Gore and this guy are among the earths heaviest consumers.

Great Reading.......2007-09-27

This was certainly Terry Brooks at his best -- great reading - went on to the 2nd in the trilogy and can't wait for the 3rd.

Fantastic.......2007-09-24

Loved this book. It is the first book I have read written by Terry Brooks, I have already purchased the next book. It is inventive and original. Kept me spellbound from beginning to end.

Armaggedon's Children - The Genesis of Shannara book 1.......2007-09-03

Terry Brooks has become one of my favorite authors. The first book I read of his was Knight of the Word. I loved the book and quickly read "Running with the Demon" and "Angel Fire East". I have been waiting for this sequel for a long time and I was not disappointed. I'm looking forward to the remaining two books to complete this trilogy.

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Great Read
Just one more book in the all-encompassing, enthralling, and utterly absorbing Left Behind Series
GREAT listening!
Unadulterated pap
Reminder that this is Fiction

Armageddon (Left Behind #11)
Tim F. LaHaye , Jerry B. Jenkins , and Tim LaHaye
Manufacturer: Tyndale House Publishers
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ASIN: 0842332367

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The scattered Tribulation Force is drawn inexorably toward the Middle East, as are all the armies of the world, when human history culminates in the battle of the ages. During the last year of the Great Tribulation, safe houses are no longer safe, and the cast of characters dramatically changes. By the time of the war of the great day of God the Almighty, the globe has become a powder keg of danger. Except those already in Petra, everyone has been forced to relocate as Antichrist ratchets up the pressure in the world's most treacherous game. Who will be left standing when the battle leaves the Tribulation Force on the brink of the end of time and the Glorious Appearing?

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The scattered Tribulation Force is drawn inexorably toward the Middle East, as are all the armies of the world, when history homes in on the battle of the ages. During the last year of the Great Tribulation, safe houses are no longer safe, and the cast of characters dramatically changes. By the time of the war of the great day of the God Almighty, the globe has become a powder keg of danger. Except those already in Petra, everyone has been forced to relocate, as Anti-Christ ratchets up the anti in the world's most treacherous game. Who will be left standing when the battle leave the Tribulation Force on the brink of the end of time and the Glorious Appearing?

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Great Read.......2007-09-15

I thought this book was very well written,very detailed to what is written in the book of Revelation.I now have 12 books that the authors have written and in my opinion they are without a doubt the best books I have ever read.Please get a copy and read it!

Just one more book in the all-encompassing, enthralling, and utterly absorbing Left Behind Series.......2007-09-14

From the very first letter of the alphabet that my eyes looked upon inside this series of books, until the very last period of the very last sentence, I was hooked. Each one of these books absorbed my attention like no other book has ever done in my life. Biblically sound, theatrically entertaining, and brilliantly written, the Left Behind books will inspire you to dig into God's word and take the pieces of news from your T.V. screen and match them right smack-dab up with the prophecies of the Bible. Your hair will stand up, your heart will race, and you will find yourself helplessly caught in the suspense. Once you finish one of these books, you will desperately race to your computer screen or your local library to pick up the next one!

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Author of It All Began... When Jesus Gave Me Sneakers

GREAT listening!.......2007-08-26

My husband enjoyed reading all of the left behind books but I am not much of a reader so I bought them each on audio and listened in the car on the way to work and such. The readers keeps your attention with different voices and sound effects. GREAT TAPES!

Unadulterated pap.......2007-03-08

Only reason I gave it 1 star is you can't give zero. Complete nonsense, contrary to scripture and common sense alike. Strictly for the brain dead.

Reminder that this is Fiction.......2007-01-26

This is pretty wild stuff. Real sci-fi. Lot's of drama. A page turner that is unpredictible. Fun fun read. By all means not to be taken seriously.

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OK if you don't think about it
Good, but not sf
EXTREMELY BORING AND SLOW MOVING
WEBER IS GETTING REALLY SLOPPY
Not Science Fiction

Off Armageddon Reef
David Weber
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ASIN: 0765315009
Release Date: 2007-01-09

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Humanity pushed its way to the stars - and encountered the Gbaba, a ruthless alien race that nearly wiped us out. Earth and her colonies are now smoldering ruins, and the few survivors have fled to distant, Earth-like Safehold, to try to rebuild. But the Gbaba can detect the emissions of an industrial civilization, so the human rulers of Safehold have taken extraordinary measures: with mind control and hidden high technology, they've built a religion in which every Safeholdian believes, a religion designed to keep Safehold society medieval forever. 800 years pass. In a hidden chamber on Safehold, an android from the far human past awakens. This "rebirth" was set in motion centuries before, by a faction that opposed shackling humanity with a concocted religion. Via automated recordings, "Nimue" - or, rather, the android with the memories of Lieutenant Commander Nimue Alban - is told her fate: she will emerge into Safeholdian society, suitably disguised, and begin the process of provoking the technological progress which the Church of God Awaiting has worked for centuries to prevent. Nothing about this will be easy. To better deal with a medieval society, "Nimue" takes a new gender and a new name, "Merlin." His formidable powers and access to caches of hidden high technology will need to be carefully concealed. And he'll need to find a base of operations, a Safeholdian country that's just a little more freewheeling, a little less orthodox, a little more open to the new. And thus Merlin comes to Charis, a mid-sized kingdom with a talent for naval warfare. He plans to make the acquaintance of King Haarahld and Crown Prince Cayleb, and maybe, just maybe, kick off a new eraof invention. Which is bound to draw the attention of the Churchand, inevitably, lead to war. It's going to be a long, long process. And it's going to be the can't-miss SF epic of the decade.

Customer Reviews:

OK if you don't think about it.......2007-10-05

This is a good example of a book that reads better than it is. Weber is a fine storyteller at heart, but he has a tendency to over-embellish things. This is just book one of a series that, I would guess, probably should have been shorter than than this book in total.

Weber's commercial success and ability to write quickly has given him the freedom to publish almost an unlimited number of words. But sometimes more is not better.

Is this a story about Merlin and King Arthur? Yes. Is it a Weber treatise on the wonders of benevolant right-wing free-market monarchies? Yes. Is it yet another Weber story about a superhuman woman soldier? Yes. Is it yet another Weber book about the glories of the days of wooden sailing ships? Yes. Does it work to put all those together? No.

The book reads great -- much better than the typical recent Harrington book. But once you put it down and think about it, it falls apart like a house of cards. There's just no depth here.

And his oh so cute idea of shifting the spelling of names is really annoying after even a very short time. In fact, spelling is much harder to shift than pronunciation, so it's not realistic as well as being distracting and confusing. Also, slipping in a description of an Atlanta Braves baseball game or naming the most hideous villian "Clinton" really detracts from the story, since they take the reader out of the moment too much.

Good, but not sf.......2007-09-26

Only the first 20 pages or so is sci fi, the rest reverts to a primitive society (water wheels and galley ships). Weber is always more interested in politics then warfare, and this is no different. However, who hasn't thought about going back in time and pointing out all the blindingly obvious things we know now. And even better if your an immortal ai...The only thing missing is sex....

EXTREMELY BORING AND SLOW MOVING.......2007-09-16

I do not like to write long winded reviews, so I will get straight to the point. This book is 592 pages long. I would estimate that about 40 pages is science fiction. The rest of the book is about political machinations in a medieval, feudalistic society. I found the 40 sci-fi pages interesting. The rest of the book was not bearable- it was boring and had way too much irrelevant detail. It would theorize that the author committed to produce a series of books and therefore needs a huge amount of filler material to meet his commitment.

WEBER IS GETTING REALLY SLOPPY .......2007-09-03

My wife and son and I love David Weber, but this is one of a number of recent very disappointing books that have taken Weber off of my family's "automatic buy" list. Although Weber's action scenes are as good as ever, Armageddon Reef just doesn't work. The plot holes are gaping and intrusive and the stylistic defects are annoying enough to detract seriously from the story.

The worst plot hole is Merlin, the AI/android who is the story's protagonist. We are supposed to believe that mankind has been locked for centuries into a desperate life-and-death struggle against a large, implacably hostile, but only slightly more technologically advanced civilization. Furthermore, these aliens do not innovate at all; their tech base is completely frozen. Obviously, humanity's only hope is to force the pace of science and technology development.

At the same time, we are told that humanity has the ability to produce AIs that duplicate in every way the minds, memories, knowledge, and abilities of specific living humans. Merlin thinks, feels, and acts in every way like the real person he is based on, except that he has superhuman strength, reflexes, and mental processing speed.

So of course, in these desperate circumstances, mankind would use this technology to replicate its leading scientists, engineers, technicians, and military cadres, vastly multiplying the productivity of its R&D efforts and making it much easier to staff its star fleet. Need a dozen Einsteins? You got 'em. Need 20 copies of your greatest fleet Admiral? No problem. Need 600 starship engineers, all with the knowledge and abilities of the greatest starship engineer available? Coming right up! Oh, yes...the copies think and act faster than the originals, never need to eat or sleep, and never get fogged out by fatigue or distracted by bodily aches and pains.

Um, no. Weber tells us that this technology is used ONLY for RECREATIONAL purposes! We are supposed to believe that the human race would let itself be wiped out rather than make use of a technology that could easily multiply its scarcest intellectual resources a hundred-fold. Nor are there any ethical considerations that would explain it. After all, this is the same society that creates a secret colony by MIND-WIPING tens of thousands of colonists. Apparently they have no problem with the idea that desperate times require desperate measures.

I'm as willing as the next SF lover to believe 6 impossible things before breakfast, but the conventions of SF require that the impossibilities at least be logical and internally consistent. This is neither. It's just plain dumb...sloppy, self-indulgent, contemptuous of the reader, and DUMB.

There are other gaping plot holes, but compared with that one they seem trivial.

The worst stylistic problem is Weber's treatment of names. The book is written in early 21st century English. All of the place names are written normally. Yet ALL of the character names (except Merlin's) are bizarrely transliterated, using a pseudo-phonetic spelling. Weber takes normal names, substitutes vowels & consonants at random, adds H's, turns many different vowels into Y's, and changes J's, G's, S's, Ch'sand Sh's into Z's & Zh's.

Coupled with Weber's continued obsession with giving half of his characters "J" names, the result is hopelessly confusing. John becomes Zhan, Gerald becomes Zherald, Jason becomes Zhasyn, Janet becomes Zhanayt, Jennifer becomes Zhenyfyr, Jim becomes Zhym, James becomes Zhames, Jeeves (a valet - I kid you not!) becomes Zheevys, Jasper becomes Zhaspyr, Jack becomes Zhak, Joseph becomes Zohzef, Joshua becomes Zhoshua, Jacob becomes Zhaikeb, Johnson becomes Zhansan, Jepson becomes Zheppsyn, Jessup becomes Zhessyp, Jolson becomes Zhoelsyn, George becomes Zhorzh, Samson becomes Zahmsyn, and so on.

There is absolutely no justification anywhere in the book for the altered spellings. In fact, given that the colony world starts with an absolutely universal culture and language and that writing everywhere remains stable and uniform, the idea that the spelling of names - and ONLY names - would have drifted this far is patently absurd.

In addition, the proliferation of unintelligible but very similar names, loaded with Z's, H's, and Y's, balks the reader at almost ever line, utterly ruining the story continuity. I particularly treasured one section in which two minor characters named Zhaspahr Maysahn and Zhames Makferzahn - or is it Zhames Maysahn and Zhaspahr Makferzahn? - spend 3 pages talking and it is virtually impossible to tell them apart or to remember afterward who was a spy for whom.

Any author who creates a sprawling novel with many major and minor characters needs to give careful thought to naming his characters in ways that help the reader tell them apart. Making it this hard for the reader is either extremely sloppy or arrogantly insulting. The attitude it conveys is, "I'm so great I'm above the rules. I can shove any stupid thing down the reader's throat and get away with it." This attitude was evident in the later Belisarius novels and has become blatant in Armageddon Reef and Hell's Gate. Much as I love some of Weber's books, he's starting to remind me of another beloved author, Robert Heinlein, whose output became increasingly undisciplined, self-indulgent, and forgettable once he reached superstar status.

I would not recommend this book to anyone but a die-hard and completely uncritical Weber fan.

Not Science Fiction.......2007-09-01

This is a well written engaging book.
Nevertheless it is a 500+ page novel of which 44 pages are Science Fiction.
After the 44 pages it is an 18th century war novel with far too many characters with funny names, and muskets,swords, and sea battles.
The book sets a story and never comes back to it.
I am certainly not going to wade through hundreds of pages of sequels to fianlly see the rest of the story.
's just not worth it.
Granted it's a lot better than similar sword and sorcerer books that pretend to be Sci Fi, but not by enough to hold my attention. That is why I have read half of it and now skiped to the end to confirm that it does not take up the originnal story again.

I am well tired of authors stretching out single volume stories into trilogies.
I do not expect this to explode in my brain like Baxterr's Coalescent, Exultant, Transcendant trilogy did, so I am giving it up.
Good writing, good exposition, little regard for expectations of readers of a genre, who expect something different.

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One of the best zombie novels I've ever read
Good Zombie novel!!
Zombie Fiction at its Best!! A Must Read!!
SOLID ZOMBIE NOVEL
Zombies, with a side order of religion.

Dying to Live
Kim Paffenroth
Manufacturer: Permuted Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

ASIN: 097897073X

Book Description

Jonah Caine, a lone survivor in a zombie-infested world, struggles to understand the apocalypse in which he lives. Unable to find a moral or sane reason for the horror that surrounds him, he is overwhelmed by violence and insignificance. After wandering for months, Jonah's lonely existence dramatically changes when he discovers a group of survivors. Living in a museum-turned-compound, they are led jointly by Jack, an ever-practical and efficient military man, and Milton, a mysterious, quizzical prophet who holds a strange power over the dead. Both leaders share Jonah's anguish over the brutality of their world, as well as his hope for its beauty. Together with others, they build a community that reestablishes an island of order and humanity surrounded by relentless ghouls. But this newfound peace is short-lived, as Jonah and his band of refugees clash with another group of survivors who remind them that the undead are not the only-nor the most grotesque-horrors they must face.

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One of the best zombie novels I've ever read.......2007-10-06

Title mostly sums this review up. I've read a lot of zombie novels and this by far one of the best I've ever read. It's ranked up there with World War Z in my opinion. I find it really explores human nature in times of crisis. You got your good and your evil, with some being truly kind and others doing some of the most despicable things ever. But lets not forget the zombies, they're ever present and the author truly paints some gore filled scenes with his shambling masses of undead.

Good Zombie novel!!.......2007-09-18

I have read alot of zombie books and this one uses the more common ideas for them. BUT it has a neat twist with one of the people involved. I really enjoyed this book and think all zombie book lovers will like it too!!

Zombie Fiction at its Best!! A Must Read!!.......2007-09-16

I have read most of the zombie fiction available out there and Dying to Live manages to deliver where most others fail. Here are the reasons:
1. Finally a zombie novel with horror in it. True horror.
2. Tons of action.
3. A storyline that doesn't involve survivors sitting around in a safehouse the entire time waiting for help.
4. A character with a mysterious ability over the undead that doesn't turn the book into the mummy returns.
5. Great bad guys. Characters that we pretend don't really exist just to be able to sleep at night.

SOLID ZOMBIE NOVEL.......2007-09-14

Permuted Press has been making quite a name for themselves in the genre of zombie fiction and their latest release is Kim Paffenroth's "Dying to Live." The problem I have had with some zombie novels in the past is that the authors tend to set their sights a bit too high. While trying to tell a world-spanning tale of a zombie outbreak they often try to do too much and forget the smaller, personal stories. The best zombie stories/films were those that concentrated on the smaller picture, such as "Night of the Living Dead." Thankfully Paffenroth does not fall into this trap. He gives us one small, yet very appetizing piece of the zombie pie.

Paffenroth doesn't waste a lot of time explaining the zombie outbreak, preferring to jump right into the introduction of the main character, Jonah Caine, who has been surviving on his own since the catastrophe took place. Jonah is a plain, everyman...a former English professor at a community college, who has been resourceful enough to stay alive but grown weary by the stress of being on the run. A risky foray into a city to find food leads to Jonah meeting a small settlement of survivors who have turned a museum into their own fortress. The settlement's leader is Jack Lawson, your typical former military man but the most interesting character is the settlement's spiritual leader, Milton. In Paffenroth's zombie world, animals can also become zombies. When one of these undead animals bites Milton, he becomes essentially a human/zombie hybrid, carrying the stink and rot of death, yet not actually dying. Further, other zombies seem to fear Milton and are repelled when he walks among them, a useful ability indeed.

These survivors live in relative safety in their stronghold, leaving only for quick raids for food and supplies in the city. Jonah has to prove himself with a dangerous initiation rite by going on one of these raids. It is during one of these raids that they encounter another survivor, living alone with his newborn son in what turns into a harrowing rescue. With no real threat to them, they decide to go to the threat, by investigating smoke seen at the far end of the city. It's here where the survivors face the real horrors...a state correctional facility whose inmates have secured their own fortress.

"Dying to Live" is a solid, and often terrifying novel. The confrontations with the zombies keep are slam-bang thrill rides with something lurking behind each dark corner. The only real problem with the story is the last quarter of the book when Jonah and a few others encounter the prison inmates. Paffenroth ultimately made his characters too safe and secure in their museum home. The zombies were completely unable to mount any kind of a threat to them in their makeshift museum fortress. Paffenroth had to concoct a more serious threat than the legions of zombies themselves. A bit contrived, but not enough to spoil an otherwise brisk moving story with sufficient scares for any zombie fan. While I would have liked to have seen the characters developed a bit more, this is still an entertaining zombie fiction read.

REVIEWED BY TIM JANSON

Zombies, with a side order of religion........2007-08-30

There are parts of this book that are great - some flat out fantastic zombie fiction. Original, and yet mostly true to the Romero template (though that's not something I live and die by, as it were). I can see why this has earned his book the compliment of being 'the thinking man's zombie novel' - but I think that description is somewhat misleading.
The plot and geography of his world are very nicely done - and the nods and respect for what is horrific about the genre are intact. That aspect is intelligent and fun writing.
There is a lot lacking, however. The dialog is pretty bad, with exposition coming about in unnatural ways. There are some awkward treatments of gender, and race, that read like they are coming from someone a few generations older than the pop culture norm. The narrator and male characters have a kind of 'tin masculinity' - cliches abound. The women are treated nearly as a different species, rather than gender.
Especially odd is the way the narrator lingers on many emotionally difficult things, yet - he doesn't think about his wife and kids at all after trying, unsuccessfully, to find them (not really a spoiler - its covered in exposition). He writes of sexuality as if he is Mr. Rogers. In a prison environment, he refers several times to 'the black man'(previously met)- it would be more apt to point out 'the white man', who is more likely a minority in this setting. Better yet - I'd rather have characters described as something other than their race. In a zombie infested convenience store he comments about how the races are all finally getting along now that they are undead... last time I was in a convenience store many races were represented and they were getting along fine. There is some ugly judgement and generalization of inmates in prison - all lazy stupid sodomites.
All of this can be forgiven for a fast paced romp through a zombie apocalypse.
Harder to avoid, however, is the ever present discussion of God, the Bible, spirits, and souls. Luck and 'all these little miracles' are written of in a way that tauntingly suggests that anyone who doesn't think God is pulling the strings is crazy. The word or name God is on nearly every page - especially in dialog - many characters like to chat about God. An unlikely character points out the difference between the Tribulation and the Apocalypse (having overheard it from elderly relatives!?). The Bible is quoted several times, sometimes in casual conversation. People don't talk like that, in my experience, except perhaps in church lobbies or study groups. For the most part - people avoid discussion of religion and politics in polite company of casual acquaintances.
This would all seem more plausible, and less hard to accept and digest, if the narrating character was a professor of religious studies (like the author of the book) rather than an english professor. That would have been a good solution, I think.
Aside from dialog - there are several biblical references in the action of the story. A man first looses his ear in a scuffle - then has both hands pierced with knives and is finally killed with a spear in his side while his friends talk about how forsaken he was, and how 'like a lamb to the slaughter' (this read as crass and tasteless, not merely out of place and unlikely). There is an outright messiah character who didn't bother me half as much as the frequent references to God and impromptu religious discussions (and untimely internal reflection of the narrator) throughout the rest of book.
How reviewers fail to mention this religious undertone is beyond me. I found it very distracting at times - and feel it detracted from an otherwise fantastic read.
The highs were strongly tempered by the lows - I would have gone to 5 if it hadn't had a subversive religious tone.

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Edit, edit, edit
A bad story poorly written
Journal of Living Hell
Quite the awesome journal of the apocalypse
Very Impressive

Day by Day Armageddon
J. L. Bourne
Manufacturer: Lulu.com
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

ASIN: 1411608313

Book Description

An ongoing journal depicting one man's personal struggle for survival, dealing with the trials of an undead world unfolding around him. An unknown plague sweeps the planet. The dead rise to claim the Earth as the new dominant species. Trapped in the midst of a global tragedy, he must make decisions...choices that that ultimately mean life, or the eternal curse to walk as one of them.

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Edit, edit, edit.......2007-09-29

I wish I could give this book more than two stars, but here we are. This work suffers from under editing. There are place where the author uses the wrong character name in the scene. This takes the reader out of the story. Yes, he is true to the pure form of zombies but the story is not paced well. Because it's in first person (which from what I'm told is very hard to pull off) the view of the world is very limited. It lacks scope, emotion and fear, the two things you need in a good horror story. I didn't care if any of his companions died save the dog and little girl. The ending lacked any true climax. This is because in journal form and you know he's going to be OK. I felt more time should be spent on his feelings. Most of the time he wrote about the type of guns he had or how much food but not many feelings. Humanity is crumbling around him, this should unnerve the main character a little more than it did. When people write in journals, it's about what they are mentally going through as much as what they did. The final thing that bothered me was the use of the word evil. Zombies are mindless creatures driven by hunger. This is not evil. Evil needs thought behind it. The living who attack the main character, they are evil. The people who created the zombies are evil, not the zombies. I will say that if this author writes another book I will give it a try. Why? Writing is not easy and for all the things wrong with this story, I think he will get better with time.

A bad story poorly written.......2007-08-28

The first rule of writing in a journal style is that you have to make your writing sound like a person would actually write it in a journal. While a first-person narrative is often a great way to build tension and help the reader identify with the main character, the way this one is done is so un-natural it distracts from the story.

The story itself is inconsistant and often consists of long, boring descriptions of unimportant details.

As far as post-apocalyptic stories go, this one is not worth the time.

Journal of Living Hell.......2007-08-03

When there's no more room in Hell the dead shall walk the earth. In Day by Day Armageddon the first part of the world to be hit with the Zombie outbreak is of course, China. Considering the Chinese make tainted pet food, baby food, and children's toys it only makes sense the Zombie outbreak would begin there. The narrator's military experience helps shape a sophisticated survivalist tale. The story quickly moves to San Antonio, Texas home of several military bases in the area. The narrator is in the Navy and discusses his communication with other sailors still on base. The narrator however decides to stay off base to survive the Zombie outbreak. Though the narrator is a savvy survivalist type he also discusses his concern for his family in Arkansas and friends on base and often risks his life for others. I think one of the best parts of the books is the description of how the federal government would react to the Zombie outbreak; the first lady's announcement on the emergency broadcast system still gives me the chills. Life in America as we know it is now gone forever!

As a dog lover, I enjoyed the Annabelle part of the story. I always wondered what happened to poor pups in a Zombie apocalypse. Did they all get eaten up by Zombies? Although Zombie movies and novels differ in opinion whether Zombies devour or ignore the canine species. The characters in the story make several complicated actions to always keep Annabelle safe, I thought that was cool. Again the narrator is compassionate without being dorky.

I began reading this wonderful tale online and was addicted to the site, so I had to buy the book. Now some crazy folks are trying to sell the book for $100. I gave it 5 stars but give me a break. Whatever the case, I found the author's journal style to be unique in the zombie genre. The narrator even provides basic illustrations to describe where his neighbor is located in relation to his house. I think this book would be a fantastic movie. Bourne's use of his military experience for the book makes it a great piece.

Quite the awesome journal of the apocalypse.......2007-07-27

Day by Day Armageddon is a book that I think I had placed in my shopping cart upwards of 10 times only to remove it. Eventually, I ended up buying it and was quite pleased with it. The book tells of a man on the run from a zombie outbreak that somehow manages to keep a daily journal of the events. The book is very gory and I will commend it on that. It manages to scare without over-the-top hijinks (not that I have a problem with over-the-top hijinks!) but if you are a fan of the zombie genre, do pick this one up.
Also, I've read a lot of people complain about the writing. One thing you have to remember is that this book is supposed to be kept by a military pilot on the run from zombies - I think the diction works. I'm not for a moment saying that the the typos and grammatical mistakes were intentional, but they add to the journey nonetheless.

Very Impressive.......2007-07-21

The "journal" structure of this book works surprisingly well. The author does a good job of making the protagonist real and accessible to the reader, such that empathy comes naturally. This is an enticing read that's hard to put down, and over too quickly.

The Remnant: On the brink of Armageddon (Left Behind)

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Just one more book in the all-encompassing, enthralling, and utterly absorbing Left Behind Series
GREAT listening!
ANOTHER LAHAYE FIVE STAR
Read the first 9
Definitely a Page Turner

The Remnant: On the brink of Armageddon (Left Behind)
Tim F. LaHaye , and Jerry B. Jenkins
Manufacturer: Tyndale House Publishers
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0842332308
Release Date: 2003-02-04

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The success of Jerry B. Jenkins and Tim LaHaye's fast-paced apocalyptic Left Behind thrillers is built on a straightforward Christian message and a blend of dialogue and action; the 10th installment of the series, The Remnant: On the Brink of Armageddon, sticks to the same proven formula that has captivated legions of fans. It's one month into the Great Tribulation, and a million people gather in the ancient city of Petra to await the foretold "Glorious Appearing." The Global Community loses no time in bombing the city, which is completely engulfed in flames, guaranteeing certain doom for those assembled unless a miracle occurs. In other parts of the world, martyrdom continues for the remnant of believers as Global Community potentate Nicolae Carpathia's thirst for blood escalates. There are lots of slick escapes, plenty of intrigue, some genuinely gory moments, and enough gruesome plagues straight out of the biblical Book of Revelation to keep readers turning the pages. When the Chicago believers are forced to scatter and discord breaks out among those gathered at Petra, changes accelerate for the Tribulation Force and other series characters, leaving an ample number of loose ends to be picked up in the next episode. --Cindy Crosby

Book Description

The incredible tenth book in the international best-selling Left Behind series is now available in paperback. The Great Tribulation unfolds as the forces of evil and the armies of God prepare for mankind's ultimate battle. Millions of Christians are protected by God as the anger of the Antichrist, Nicolae Carpathia, burns against them. Over 2.5 million copies sold in hardcover.

Customer Reviews:

Just one more book in the all-encompassing, enthralling, and utterly absorbing Left Behind Series.......2007-09-14

GREAT listening!.......2007-08-26

ANOTHER LAHAYE FIVE STAR.......2007-03-09

THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING IN THE SERIES. IT IS DIFFICULT TO
CONTINUE WRITING REVIEWS ON THE LEFT BEHIND SERIES WHICH IS BEYOND
WORDS. CAN'T PUT THEM DOWN FOR FOOD OR SLEEP.
I BUY 2 COPIES AND GIVE 1 AS A WITNESS.

Read the first 9 .......2007-02-01

This is #10 in the series, so make sure you read the first 9. If you try to read this without the other 9 you will be lost.
This book in itself is a great story of a group of friends trying to make it to the return of Jesus Christ to the world. I am not going to give away the story, read the series. It's a real awakening.

Definitely a Page Turner.......2007-01-26

To me this was like reading a science fiction story. I did not feel that any of it could happen. Of course, that is my perception. It was fast moving and unpredictible. I thought it was an overall good read. By the time you have gotten to the 10th book you care and wonder what is happening with the characters.

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Another classic by leon Uris....
Cold War Fact/Fiction - Enthralling!
Another Timeless Classic
The earliest rumblings of the Cold War
It is a novel after all.

Armageddon
Leon Uris
Manufacturer: Doubleday
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0385003560
Release Date: 1964-05-05

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Another classic by leon Uris...........2007-06-23

Great book about Berlin after the War. It certainly sheds light on an interesting period in time. It makes the Russians look really bad. It makes you proud of what mankind can do if they really want to. Highly recommend this book.

Cold War Fact/Fiction - Enthralling!.......2006-05-26

Leon Uris is a brilliant writer! This is #4 on the top best seller list for the year I was born, 1964. Gripping, edge-of-your-seat novel! Of course, since this is based on the Cold War (end of of WW II), there is a lof of fact in it as well. My opinion is that this should be a book that should be required reading in high school. Great work of fact/fiction entwined. I was never really too knowledgeable about this time era but I am really glad I read this book & am more educated because of it. A must read!

Another Timeless Classic.......2006-05-22

When Friday night turns into Saturday, and you have been up all night to finish a book, but sorry that it came to an end, then you know that you have read a classic. That is how I feel about Armageddon by Leon Uris.

It is set near the end of World War II in England and continues in Germany through the Berlin Airlift.The development of the characters is superb, their stories exciting.

Nevertheless, I found some of the assumptions about Germans quite incredible, even a little absurd. Uris describes their love of the forest as an almost mystical Teutonic reverance, which I never observed despite living amongst Germans of all backgrounds, and having travelled extensively through their forests above several tons of tracked aluminum.

Uris also describes Americans in a way that we would like to think of ourselves, which is, in a word, righteous. Unfortunately, if that ever existed during the Berlin Airlift, it is not in evidence today.

But against the backdrop of the airlift which was America's most spectacular strategic, tactical and propaganda victory ever against communism, the characters from the pilots, to the Germans, to the leaders of all sides, come to life in realistic and dramatic fashion.

Uris is a masterful storyteller, and this is entirely top notch writing. You cannot help but hope that the lives of his characters and their love triumph in the ordeal of rebuilding a nation from it's total collapse.

This is one of those rare books that I can take from my shelf, turn to any page, and find in any one of them, the shear pleasure of reading.

The earliest rumblings of the Cold War.......2006-03-10

This book opens in England in 1944, with the Allies preparing for the invasion of France. An elite team of soldiers looks beyond the invasion to the end of the war, and begins preparations for the occupation of a conquered Germany. Filled with a variety of colorful, yet believable characters, Uris provides a sweeping portrayal of the challenges facing the Allies as they struggle to rebuild a peaceful Germany after the war. The majority of this book focuses on Berlin, and the emerging conflict between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. These former allies find themselves at odds over the future path of Germany, and gradually the U.S. comes to realize that the Soviet Union isn't interested in a free and democratic Germany. The tensions escalate until the Soviets blockade Berlin in a final attempt to drive the Western Allies from the city. The final quarter of the book describes the heroic efforts of the American pilots who flew supplies into Berlin in one of the most remarkable airlifts in history. This book provides a detailed glimpse at the earliest moments in what would come to be known as the Cold War, and helps to explain how Germany changed from being an enemy to an ally.

It is a novel after all........2006-03-03

All americans are good, brave, understanding, funny, hard-working, incapable of greed (they almost deserve to have been born in America, the greatest country in the world by far). Russians are pig-headed, predictable, cruel, brutal and very easy to surprise. Germans are all nazis, so much so that they call temselves nazis in private, when that is a derogatory term! Their only redeeming opportunity is to be as American as they can. But they are Nazis after all...The "kill your dog now" episode is laughable, to say the least. The English are stodgy and dependable. The French talk alot and do nothing useful (except when they do what the Americans say).
One MUST remember that this novel was written in 1963. The "airlift" description is quite good. So, take into account when it was written, get totally one-dimensional, and enjoy it.

The Next World War: What Prophecy Reveals About Extreme Islam and the West

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Grant Jeffrey opens mouth, nonsense comes out
Very informative & well detailed!
Title does not match content
Nifty Compact Treatment
Boring

The Next World War: What Prophecy Reveals About Extreme Islam and the West
Grant R. Jeffrey
Manufacturer: WaterBrook Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1400071062
Release Date: 2006-10-10

Book Description

The first warning shots of WW III have already been fired

The escalating terrorist attacks in the Middle East and in major cities in the West are not isolated acts of extremism. They are the first warning shots fired in a coming world war.
For decades, prophecy expert Grant R. Jeffrey has been analyzing geopolitical developments through the lenses of history, religion, and prophecy. As current events unfold according to the prophecies of the Bible, Jeffrey says Islamic extremists are preparing to attack Israel and conquer western civilization–destroying our freedom.
Drawing from firsthand interviews, intelligence reports, and ancient prophecy, Jeffrey reveals:
·Saddam Hussein’s role in the 9/11 attack on America
·Where Iraq hid its Weapons of Mass Destruction
·How Russia and extreme Islam will launch World War III
·The Bible’s prophecy of the destruction of extremist Islam
·How Israel will rebuild the Temple in Jerusalem
With Grant Jeffrey’s incisive and sometimes surprising analysis, you can understand the hidden agenda and powerful players behind today’s news headlines.

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Grant Jeffrey opens mouth, nonsense comes out.......2007-05-19

This is the same author who wrote an ENTIRE book predicting the Y2K computer bug would wipe out the economy and usher in the anti-christ. I would have assumed after that fiasco the Christians would have laughed him off the stage, but I assumed wrong. He is still on television and still selling ridiculous books.

I admit I only read the intro to this book at the store. I sure as heck wasn't going to buy it. I also watch him once in a blue moon for a few minutes when I need a laugh.

Jeffrey would have people believe the temple is about to be built any day now. People, listen to me, the temple is in our hearts, it is not the literal temple in Israel. The temple in Israel would be at the Dome of the Rock, one of Islam's most sacred sites. The second Israel went to build there, every nation in the Middle East would IMMEDIATELY declare war on Israel. If you are waiting for the temple to be rebuilt so the end times could begin soon, you better wait thousands of years or more.

Jeffrey says the weapons of mass destruction from Iraq were trucked to Syria where they will be used in the end times war. I voted for George W. Bush twice. I only say that to establish I am not an anti-war leftist. The truth is Iraq NEVER did have weapons of mass destruction. After Sadaam was overthrown, American weapons inspectors offered any Iraqi huge cash rewards and asylum for information on the weapons. Someone in the production, storage, or transport of these weapons would have seized that offer, but they didn't exist. 2)To FURTHER debunk Jeffrey's myth, the weapons have a very limited shelf life once they are produced. They do not stay weapons grade very long, but quickly break down in a matter of months. They would no longer be a military threat even if they were sent to Syria(which they weren't).

My fellow Christians, quit embarrassing the Kingdom by buying this drivel and hopefully these end times idiots will disappear. Revelation is what happens in our hearts. Consider this: In Revelation 8, one-third of the earth is set on fire, one-third of the sea becomes blood, one-third of water is made bitter, one-third of the sun, moon, and stars become dark, insects are tormenting people, billions of people die, a 200 million man army is on the march.....and what do people do??? They line up to take the mark of the beast so they could go on buying and selling!!! Buying and selling what??? Get some common sense people. Revelation is a metaphor for our own individual hearts.

Very informative & well detailed!.......2007-03-20

Mr. Jeffrey dispenses supportive information to his opinion of the second coming of Jesus Christ!
Not only did he displayed supportive information on the second coming, but he thoroughly expelled the most forgotten details which occured in 2002 and beyond (for example, The Spetznaz truck (convoys) leaving Iraq, heading towards Syria and Iran; the disclosure of photos of the Spetznaz convoys (Russian-owned Spetznaz, that is) from the satellite imagery; reports supporting the cover up of nondisclosure removal of the missing WMD in these Spetznaz trucks by Bush and his CIA; contacts between Saddam Hussein and Osama Bin Laden in AFRICA in the 90's, etc.).
This book discloses missing facts and is an eye opener.
I truly believe, we are living those last days of age and the second coming is near.

Title does not match content.......2007-02-13

Found it to be filled with more history and statistics than what the title states is in the content of this book. The author threw a curve when he went on a rant about those who believe in the Trinity. I fail to understand how belief, or non-belief, in a triune God is relevant to the topic of end times or biblical prophesy.

Nifty Compact Treatment.......2007-01-29

With mainline churches in America (and elsewhere) unraveling, and conservative religion (of all faiths) on the increase, it is no wonder there would be a corner for a nifty little book like this. Make no mistake, it is a powerhouse of sorts..lots of current information that is not found elsewhere, well-documented, rare facts gleaned (presumably) from Grant's visits to the Middle East, written in a fast, tight style. That is, until 2/3 of the way through the book when he shifts to evangelical theology of end time events, and this continues through the remainder of the book. Evangelical theology in America has many favorite doctrines, several of them in this book (the 144,000 being witnesses in Revelation for example). He preaches a literal end time Temple in Jerusalem (some theologians see the use of "temple" in the New Testament restricted to the church as God's temple, but Grant has Scripture support for his thesis as well). The advantage of this book is it's little known and well-documented facts, current information, and well-written first 2/3 of the book detailing what he sees is coming as a result of the Mid East unrest. It is hard to put down, and due to it's size (176 pps plus supplements) can be read in two days carefully, and should be considered an update of The American Prophecies by Mike Evans. Well worth reading.

Boring.......2007-01-26

I found this book quite boring with a lot of detailed info concerning islam, al qaida, bin Laden and other such things that have very little relevance to an average christian. If you have seen Mr. Jeffrey on Benny Hinn's TV programmes, you have heard all you need to know about this book. I was very disappointed.

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