Without Warning

As he prepares to deliver the State of the Union address, the president of the United States is convinced the Islamic State is on the run, about to be crushed by American forces once and for all. But New York Times foreign correspondent J. B. Collins tells the president he's dead wrong. With the Middle East on fire, the Israeli prime minister dead, and Amman in ruins, Collins fears a catastrophic attack inside the American homeland is imminent. He argues that only an all-out manhunt to capture or kill Abu Kahlif, the leader of ISIS, can stop the attack and save American lives. But will the president listen and take decisive action before it's too late?

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LibraryThing member VeraGodley

When Joel Rosenburg "puts pen to paper" he opens doors to areas of life unknown and inexperienced to the average person. His fiction into the political, espionage, terrorist world of today reads like reports to heads of state and back-workings of news journalists who are in the know.

Having read

earlier novels about national security journalist J.B.Collins, I highly anticipated this conclusion to the series - Without Warning. Rosenburg did not disappoint. His writing was fast paced, detailed, with characters whose believability was flawless. His descriptions left this reader placed squarely within the scene with the action.

J.B.Collins is not a Christian though raised in the Church. His brother is a professor of theology. Both see action in this story. They both see grief as well as it reaches into their beings. The horrific scenes of terrorist attracts on America are unbelievably realistic and horrifying to imagine.

The title is so apt in the case of this story from beginning to end. While warned sufficiently, it seems that horror can hit at any moment, Without Warning.

I highly recommend this series for all high school to adult readers. It is clean. It is horrifyingly real. It is Christian in scope. It takes the reader through action and also into the courts of Islamic Princes' and Heads of State.

I received a complimentary copy from Tyndale Publishing to facilitate this review of my personal opinions for which I was not compensated.

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LibraryThing member NadineC.Keels

The president of the United States, Harrison Taylor, is about to deliver the State of the Union address, all set to assure the American people that their greatest foreign threat is being squelched. New York Times national security correspondent J.B. Collins adamantly disagrees, beginning to fear

that the president won't take necessary action before it's too late in Without Warning, a novel by author Joel C. Rosenberg.

Well. Even as riveted as I was to the J.B. Collins novel that precedes this one, The First Hostage, I don't think a thriller has ever left me at such a level of shaken speechlessness when it finished. Not a thriller--not until now. And though I don't altogether like having to snap out of speechlessness to come up with words for a book review, I can't say I'd have it any other way, after being punched in the soul by this novel.

No, I'm not much of a political or doomsday kind of person, but this fiction lover appreciates being stretched by this type of reading. I'm not a big fan of sermons in novels or when a character seems to adopt some "church speak" at an unnatural speed, as I feel happens in this book. And I found J.B.'s thoughts to be redundant in places, as if he didn't fully trust me to remember or understand the magnitude of what was happening.

But his story had me inhaling the pages in notably fewer sittings than I'd normally take for a novel of this length. And I'd highly recommend it to any other fans of ChristFic thrillers who can stand a solid punch in the soul.

Gee. Nothing like being punched in the soul by love.
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Tyndale House provided me with a complimentary copy of this book for an honest review.

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LibraryThing member lamb521

Title: Without Warning (A J. B, Collins Novel #3)
Author: Joel Rosenberg
Pages: 480
Year: 2017
Publisher: Tyndale
My rating 5 out of 5 stars.
Here is the conclusion to an exciting thrilling series with the main character J. B. Collins who we meet in the first book titled, The Third Target, followed by

The Third Hostage! To follow the developing characters and plot, it is important to read the books in order as one builds upon the prior. Joel Rosenberg is one of my most favorite authors as he writes with such intense intrigue, suspense, faith and political scenarios it takes my breath away! As a reader, it is like reading what is happening in the news, except in a fictional format with such tension added it is palatable!
The ending to the series is one I didn’t see coming and to have to take breaks in reading for one reason or another was difficult! Joel Rosenberg’s books are well-researched, crafted to inform as well as entertain with faith being central to the story. There is never a dull moment in the story and one cannot help but want to read faster and faster to see where the author is taking the reader along with the characters.
To each novel, Joel brings a perspective of looking at politics, governments and America’s enemies with such astounding insight! Readers will be totally surprised by how the series ends. I wonder what will come from the mind and pen of this author that will reflect faith, history, events, and people wrapped in a captivating and believable format that makes readers like me coming back with each book for more!
One of the most precious nuances to this author’s writing is how he allows faith to help him understand world events and then reach so many via fiction whereas nonfiction might not. I cannot recommend his books highly enough as I have them all, have read them and keep them in hopes that one day my sons will read them or my grandchildren. So, grab The Third Target, The Third Hostage and Without Warning and then sit back, enjoy and share with others what you think of these books or any of his previous novels as they are worth reading over and over again!
Disclosure of Material Connection: I received one or more of the products or services mentioned above for free in the hope that I would mention it on my blog. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I use personally and believe will be good for my readers. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255. “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.”

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LibraryThing member galoma

Just like all of his other books, once you start, you can't put it down.

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