I'd never heard  of Robert Ferrrigno when I stumbled onto the first book I've ever read by him, Prayers of the Assassin, about a Muslim takeover of the US in the mid 21st Century. When I picked up the first book I expected it to be mainly about politics and religion but found it was much more an adventure book with Islam as the background, and found that book to be a great read. It wasn't until about halfway through the first book that discovered there was a sequel, Sins of the Assassin.

Both books were good, but the second was even better than the first, a rarity in the world of sequels. One of the great things about both books is that they are combinations of hard action, a slight bit of science fiction and religious dogma. The premise is that there is a "behind the scenes" political "master" trying to create an Islamic Caliphate in the US but keeps getting thwarted by what is essentially an American Islamic secret agent, or in this case a "Shadow Warrior", Rakim Eppes, also the main character in both books. Mix in a drug crazed End Times Army wanting to destroy the entire world (for the sake of God, or course), an ex General looking for the now buried doomsday weapon of the defunct American Empire, and you've got a mixture for a great book. And, oh yeah, an assassin or two here and there. To me, this book is bit like Dune with nukes, one spicy read. This book is rare in that it's actually exciting to read, especially  at the end. The cool thing to me is that it also reads like a movie. I doubt this will ever get made into a good movie, but if it does, it won't need much adapting, since it's almost screenplay like in it's descriptions of events.

There is supposedly one last book in the series, and I'm sure I'll read that when it arrives. There are lot of unanswered questions left in this book I want sewn up, and if the last book is as good as the first two, it will be a winner.