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Title details for Heart of the Assassin by Robert Ferrigno - Available

Heart of the Assassin

A Novel

#3 in series

by Robert Ferrigno
L. J. Ganser
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Time is running out for the two nations that once made up the former USA. Weakened by their division, both the Islamic republic and the Bible Belt are threatened by the expansionist dreams of the Atzlan Empire to the south, and their own intellectual decay engendered by their fundamentalist beliefs. The only solution is to reunite the two nations and regain its former glory, and thereís only one way to do it. And only one man, Rakkim Epps, who can. Time is also running out for the arch enemy of the trilogy, the Old One. Over 150 years old, long used to the idea of near immortality, he is dying, and with him the idea of creating one world under his domination. His solution is to reunite the Islamic republic and the Bible Belt, a first step in his march to power. His plan involves his voluptuous and deadly daughter Baby...and none other than Rakkim himself.

  • Creators

  • Series

    Assassin Trilogy

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    August 11, 2009

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9780792765387
      • File size: 407892 KB
      • Duration: 14:09:46

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      Starred review from June 1, 2009
      Set in a future American divided into two major regions, Edgar-finalist Ferrigno’s final entry in his Assassin trilogy (after Sins of the Assassin
      ) nicely ties up the wildly diverse plot lines that have motivated his many characters. New York City; Washington, D.C.; and Mecca have all been nuked by the Old One, a 150-year-old Muslim fanatic trying to become the Muslim messiah who will lead a new caliphate. The only person who can stop him is Rakkim Epps, a fedayeen warrior whose historian wife, Sarah, is masterminding an effort to unite America by finding a piece of the true cross, buried somewhere in the D.C. nuclear hot zone. The Old One is aided by Baby, a brilliant blonde bombshell who’s married to the Colonel, a powerful warlord. One can read this volume as a stand-alone, but to enjoy the vast breadth of what is truly a remarkable achievement, one should start with book one, Prayers for the Assassin
      , and read the series in order.

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Listeners should consider taking in the first two installments of Ferrigno's trilogy before listening to this final installment. The futuristic trilogy supposes the fracture of the U.S. into two parts--the Bible belt versus an Islamic entity. The book is jam-packed with characters, many complex and many more who may be more fully defined in the first two books. A lesser narrator than L.J. Ganser might not have brought this work of social analysis and speculation into focus at all. He deftly handles the score of odd and complex characters, each with a project to consider. Ritchie and his sidekick, Leo, are a tough duo to portray, but Ganser does it remarkably well. The story's conclusion is eminently satisfying. A.L.H. (c) AudioFile 2009, Portland, Maine

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  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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Languages

  • English

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