The First Hostage - Joel C. Rosenberg

The First Hostage

By Joel C. Rosenberg

  • Release Date: 2015-12-29
  • Genre: Mysteries & Thrillers
Score: 5
5
From 277 Ratings

Description

Book 2 in the bestselling 3-book international political thriller series that has sold over 475,000 copies!

“One of the most entertaining and intriguing authors of international political thrillers in the country. . . . His novels are un-put-downable!”
—Steve Forbes, editor-in-chief, Forbes magazine

The president of the United States is missing.

Three years before Clinton and Patterson, another New York Times bestselling author of thirteen international thrillers, Joel C. Rosenberg, posed this chilling scenario: What if the Islamic State captured the most valuable hostage in history?

Award-winning journalist J. B. Collins, reporting from the scene of a devastating attack by ISIS terrorists in Amman, Jordan, puts the entire world on high alert—the U.S. president is missing and presumed captured.

With Israeli and Palestinian leaders critically injured and Jordan’s king fighting for his life, the allies are reeling and hopes for the peace process are dashed. As the U.S. government faces a constitutional crisis and Jordan battles for its very existence, Collins must do his best to keep the world informed while working to convince the FBI that his stories are not responsible for the terror attack on the Jordanian capital. And ISIS still has chemical weapons.

Struggling to clear his name, Collins works frantically with the Secret Service to locate and rescue the leader of the free world before ISIS’s threats become a catastrophic reality.

Reviews

  • The First Hostage

    5
    By Revkutz
    WOW! What a book. I have read many, but this is far better than them all!
  • The First Hostage

    4
    By Bigbandss
    A good read like all Joel C. Rosenberg's other novels, but somewhat predictable. I do like that the good guys come out the winners.
  • The first hostage

    5
    By Hat trick 7
    It was a great book to read it was very exciting to the very last page
  • Another amazing adventure

    5
    By OREGONGIRL888
    Joel Rosenberg, thank you! I had counted the days to the release of this book, and now must begin counting again. Once started, I couldn’t leave “The First Hostage” until I had finished-it’s really that good. You are being guided by the unseen hand of God in these novels, of this I am certain.
  • The First Hostage

    5
    By Holy Bible App
    Just like all of Joel's books, this one didn't disappoint. It was a page turner from the beginning, and the knowledge that he has on the Middle East is amazing. This book applies to everything we hear on the new and read in the papers. It's a must read!
  • Best Action/Spy book I've read in a long time!

    5
    By Missknitsalot
    Joel Rosenberg has arrived as a brilliant action/spy novelist. I've read them all, Flynn, Ludlum, Thor, Silva, Le Carré. Now Rosenberg has joined their number. Extremely well written and well researched, this novel has brilliant pacing...I couldn't put it down. From page one to the end, there is no relief. The tension builds and builds. Rosenberg has always had the ability to rip his stories straight from the headlines, sometimes before things actually happen. This is the book you don't want to miss! But you must read "THE THIRD TARGET" first!
  • The First Hostage

    5
    By Dasjim
    Couldn't put it down! Great read and scary resemblance to actual events of today. Seems like "only the names have been changed to protect the guilty."
  • The First Hostage

    5
    By R atzman
    What a ride! Couldn't put it down. Great ending. This story needs to be a Movie...
  • Memorizing

    5
    By Ajernst1
    Joel has a gift of combining current events and biblical prophecy and weave it into a story that you can't walk away from. It is more than compelling. It makes you realize how we truly are living in the time the prophets spoke of.