Synopses & Reviews
In the fast-paced, action-packed thriller
Edge of God, Christian, Israeli, and Muslim extremists combine vengeance with religion in a lethal contest of power, wealth, and faith.
Edge of God is novel about counter-terrorist strategies executed by individuals unburdened of the requirements adhering to governments of the civilized world. Its also about how a man, too familiar with the savagery wars always spawn, has found peace in his life only to find that personal tragedy has once again made him seek to visit brutality and destruction on new enemies. Finally, its about how this man seeks to regain some measure of his humanity before he passes a threshold from which he may find no return.
Ex-CIA covert operator Martin Dallas has never failed a mission, not in the jungles of Cambodia or the deserts of the Middle East. After Wahhabi terrorists murder his wife, Dallas must put aside his desire for vengeance and lead an elite mercenary team in a decisive covert op designed to end terrorism. Financed by an American industrialist, Dallas secures suitcase nukes for his mission and prepares to strike at the heart of radical Islamic terrorism. At the same time, the CIA and a SEAL team have only hours to save tens of thousands of Americans from dying in a nuclear inferno triggered by suicide bombers who have already penetrated U.S. waters.
While tracking the nuclear-armed terrorists and deploying the first of his weapons, Dallas finds his repressed desire for vengeance emerging from its dark hiding place. He quickly slides back into forgotten habits like kidnapping, torture, and murder, and discovers that, far from finding his lapse abhorrent, he finds he likes it. When its time to detonate his first bomb, he realizes hes progressively losing his humanity and is transforming into what he seeks to destroy. As CIA and Mossad forces close in on him and his bomb, Dallas must quickly decide whether hell incinerate thousands of civilians
or salvage his soul by allowing his mission to fail.
Pels has judiciously embedded some of his extensive research about religion, Middle East politics, Biblical history, technologies, and nuclear weapons into Edge of God to help create a novel so realistic that it could easily be pulled from yesterdays newsfeeds or confidential memoranda originating from darkened offices of national security agencies. Pels has also delicately threaded into the fabric of the book allegory and symbols, of varying nuance and humor, to enhance his readers experience by gradually revealing sub-themes and layers of meaning that add richness and depth to the story.
Details of the characters idiosyncrasies, their humor, and in some cases their hubris exposes their souls and motivations as they both create and are acted upon by the events of the story, in some cases achieving transformations that reveal the deeper themes of the book. With the ever-twisting plot and sub-plots, readers will find this action-packed novel informative, suspenseful, and engaging.
Synopsis
Ex-CIA covert operator Martin Dallas has never failed a mission, not in the jungles of Cambodia or the deserts of the Middle East. After Wahhabi terrorists murder his wife, Dallas leads an elite mercenary team in a decisive covert op designed to end terrorism. Financed by an American industrialist, Dallas secures suitcase nukes for his mission and prepares to strike at the heart of radical Islamic terrorists. At the same time, the CIA and a SEAL team have only hours to save tens of thousands of Americans from dying in a nuclear inferno triggered by suicide bombers who have already penetrated U.S. waters. While tracking the nuclear-armed terrorists and deploying the first of his weapons Dallas slides back into nasty habits like kidnapping, torture, and murder. When it's time to detonate his first bomb, he realizes he's progressively losing his humanity and is becoming what he seeks to destroy. As Mossad and the CIA close in on him and his bomb, Dallas must quickly decide whether he'll incinerate thousands of civilians.or salvage his soul by allowing his mission to fail.