Prayers for the Assassin, Robert Ferrigno
Prayers for the Assassin, Robert Ferrigno
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Prayers for the Assassin

Author: Robert Ferrigno

Narrator: Armand Schultz

Abridged: 6 hr 16 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/21/2006


Synopsis

In this “provocative and compelling” (The Seattle Times) thriller set in the future, Islamic and Christian forces battle for the fate of the United States as a young historian discovers the shocking truth about the devastating nuclear attacks that plunged the world into chaos.

2040: New York and Washington, DC are nuclear wastelands. Chicago is the site of a civil war battle. Countless other cities are simply abandoned.

After simultaneous nuke attacks had destroyed several major cities, Israel had been blamed, resulting in a devastating second civil war in the United States. An uneasy truce leaves the nation divided between an Islamic republic with its capital in Seattle and the Christian Bible Belt in the old South. Everything is controlled by the state, paranoia rules, and rebels plot to regain free will.

One of the most courageous is the young historian Sarah Dougan, who uncovers evidence that the nuclear attacks might not have been planned by Israel. If this information is true, it will destabilize the nation. But when Sarah suddenly goes missing, the security chief of the Islamic republic calls upon Rakkim Epps, her lover and a former elite warrior, to find her—no matter the risk.

But as Rakkim searches for Sarah, he is tracked by Darwin, a brilliant psychopathic killer trained in the same secretive unit as Rakkim. To survive, Rakkim must become Darwin’s assassin in a bloody, nerve-racking chase that takes them through the looking-glass world of the Islamic States of America, and culminates dramatically as Rakkim and Sarah battle to expose the truth to the entire world.

“Sharp and wildly entertaining cover to cover” (Chicago Sun-Times), Prayers for the Assassin is an unputdownable political thriller that will keep you guessing until the very last page.

About Robert Ferrigno

Robert Ferrigno was born in South Florida, a tropical backwater rife with mosquitoes and flying cockroaches. After earning college degrees in philosophy, film-making, and creative writing, he returned to his first love, poker. He spent the next five years gambling full-time and living in a high-crime area populated by starving artists, alcoholics, thieves, and drug dealers, becoming friends with many people who would later populate his novels. Over the next several years he flew jets with the Blue Angels, drove Ferraris, and went for desert survival training with gun nuts. He ultimately gave up his day job to become a novelist, and his first book, The Horse Latitudes, was called “the fiction debut of the season” by Time. He lives in Washington with his family.

About Armand Schultz

Armand Schultz appeared on Broadway in The Herbal Bed, A View From The Bridge, and The Secret Rapture. He has performed extensively with The New York Shakespeare Festival and has been seen off-Broadway in the award winning Stuff Happens at The Public Theatre. His films include Vanilla Sky and Malcolm X.


Reviews

Goodreads review by E.T. on May 22, 2016

2.5/5 The book is set in 2040 in the 'Islamic Republic of USA' which comprises Northern USA and describes life and d struggles between moderns, so-called moderates and devout fundamentalists quite well without overdoing it. This one may say is the only saving grace. The story part is mediocre , predi......more

Goodreads review by William on February 10, 2017

audiobook which could have been better performed A whole lot of grist for the current events mill I am one who when assessing different cultures, looks at demographics, history, and the details that is being professed. Islam if truly practiced scares the hell out of me. This is one religion that only t......more

Goodreads review by Adrienne on June 18, 2009

In 2015, three nuclear devices simlutaneously detonate in New York, Washington DC and Mecca. Mecca becomes uninhabitable for 10,000 years, while NYC and Washington are completely destroyed. When these attacks are blamed on an Israeli group, civil war engulfs the United States. The country splinters:......more

Goodreads review by Lynn on November 03, 2009

Don't let the title fool you. This series of books is a great look into what the future of the US might have looked like if we had taken a different road after 9/11. The insight into our "new life" is thought provoking and makes you wonder what it all could have been like. The author is also from Ki......more


Quotes

"Prayers for the Assassin is one of those rare books that both educates and entertains. It will make you stop and question everything you take for granted. I literally couldn't put it down."

-- Vince Flynn, New York Times bestselling author of Consent to Kill

"Prayers for the Assassin is Robert Ferrigno's biggest and boldest novel so far, a white-knuckle thriller that I couldn't put down. Here is Ferrigno -- gambler, prophet, illusionist, and one of our bravest storytellers -- at his spectacular best."

-- T. Jefferson Parker, author of The Fallen

"Ferrigno immerses you in a dark alter-world of paranoia and intrigue in the grand tradition of Fatherland and The Handmaid's Tale. Prayers for the Assassin is close-the-last-page-and-look-at-the-world-differently good."

-- Chuck Hogan, author of Prince of Thieves