Dead Heat

Joel C. Rosenberg

Jul 2012 · Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

About this ebook

Book 5 in the bestselling 5-book thriller series that has sold over 1.2 million copies

“His novels seem to be ripped from the headlines—next year’s headlines.”
—Washington Times

“For many adults Joel Rosenberg is the it author right now. Inside and outside the Beltway in Washington, people are snatching up copies of his almost lifelike terrorist suspense novels.”
—CNN Headline News

The stage is set for war:

• Oil prices are surging to record highs
• A new dictator is rising in Iraq
• China is threatening Taiwan
• North Korean forces are ready to strike south
• Israel is feverishly trying to complete the Third Temple

And in the midst of a world ready to explode, American president James MacPherson’s second term is ending. The battle to succeed him is heating up into the most fiercely contested presidential election in American history. Who will lead a bitterly divided country over the next four years? And just what role—if any—does the US play in history’s last days?

As the presidential campaign narrows to a dead heat, the Secret Service learns of a catastrophic terrorist plot to assassinate one of the candidates—but which one? Whom do they want dead? And can US forces stop the terrorists before millions lose their lives?

From New York Times bestselling novelist Joel C. Rosenberg comes an explosive new political thriller released amid the drama of the 2008 presidential campaign . . . and God forbid it should ever come true.

Ratings and reviews

I love to read political thrillers. This one? Not so much...The conceptual framework of the book is not geopolitics as much as it is another tired revisiting of the fundamentalist/pentacostal "end of times" construct. Liberals will, however, like the fact that a nuclear bomb hits the Republican National Convention. But unfortunately neither Sarah Palin nor Michele Bachman were scheduled to speak at the time....

This book continues the well-crafted tale begun with "The Last Jihad." It culminates by inspiring the reader to not wait for tomorrow to get right, as we can see world events rapidly approaching the times speculated within the series. Read them all, and fall on your knees!

A real page turner. This is the second time I have read the book. The first time, I thought Bennett had been rescued only to be incinerated by a nuclear explosion. This time, I saw how I thought that, but I also saw how Rosenberg intended Bennett to be part of the Rapture. I am sure I will want to read it again sometime in the future, unless Jesus comes first. Maranatha!

About the author

Joel C. Rosenberg was born on April 17, 1967 in Rochester, New York. He received a BFA in filmmaking from Syracuse University in 1988. He writes both fiction and nonfiction books. His fiction works include The Last Jihad, The Last Days, The Copper Scroll, Dead Heat, The Twelfth Imam, The Tehran Initiative, The Auschwitz Escape, and the J. B. Collins series. The Ezekiel Option was named by the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association as the Gold Medallion winner of the Best Novel of 2006. His nonfiction works include Epicenter, Inside the Revolution, and Implosion: Can America Recover from Its Economic and Spiritual Challenges in Time?. He is also a communications strategist and has worked with Steve Forbes, Rush Limbaugh, former Israeli deputy prime minister Natan Sharansky, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. He writes commentaries for National Review as well as a weekly e-mail update known as "Flash Traffic" for business and political leaders.