The Twelfth Imam

About the Book: The Twelfth Imam A Novel What if the Islamic Messiah Comes to Earth? What if The World Waits too long... and Iran Develops Nuclear Weapons? Tensions are rising in the Middle East. Irans president vows to annihilate the United States and Israel. Israels prime minister says someone must hit Irans nuclear sites "before its too late." The American president warns against a preemptive strike on Irans nuclear facilities and says negotiations are the key to finding peace. And amid it all, rumors are swirling throughout the region of a mysterious religious cleric claiming to be the Islamic messiah known as the Mahdi or the Twelfth Imam. Word of his miracles, healings, signs and wonders is spreading like wildfire. CIA operative David Shirazi was born for this moment. He is recruited and sent into Tehran with one objective: use all means necessary to disrupt Irans nuclear weapons program, without leaving American fingerprints and without triggering an apocalyptic new war. But time is running out. The Twelfth Imam is the first novel in a new political thriller series by Joel C. Rosenberg, the New York Times bestselling author of the award-winning Last Jihad series. Rosenberg takes you inside a world few will ever enter, hold on to your seat-the twists and turns never stop coming. About the Author: Joel C. Rosenberg Joel C. Rosenberg is the New York Times bestselling author of The Last Jihad , The Last Days , The Ezekiel Option , The Copper Scroll , Dead Heat and The Tehran Initiative – and five nonfiction books, Epicenter, Inside the Revolution, Implosion, Israel at War and The Invested Life, with nearly 3 million copies sold. Visit his website at www.joelrosenberg.com.