A special word of thanks to Scott Miller at Trident Media Group, a great agent and a great friend; Ron Beers and Becky Nesbitt at Tyndale House, who got behind this project from the start and drove it with their enthusiasm; Jan Stob, Cheryl Kerwin, Bev Rykerd, and the sales, production, and marketing teams at Tyndale who have done such a wonderful, professional job of turning this dream into a reality; Jeremy Taylor, the best editor in the business; and Ken and Mark Taylor and the rest of the Tyndale family, with whom it has been such a pleasure to work.
Most of all I want to thank my wife, Lynn — my college sweetheart and best friend. Her love inspires me, her joy lifts my spirits, her wisdom blesses me, and her boundless energy and zest for life keep me going. If all I had was you at my side, dayenu, “this alone would be enough.” But you have also given me four wonderful sons — Caleb, Jacob, Jonah, and Noah — of whom I could not be more proud. Thank you, Lynn. Thank you, boys. I love you each so much.
Joel C. Rosenberg
Joel C. Rosenberg is a New York Times best-selling author and a communications strategist who has worked with some of the world’s most influential and provocative leaders, including Steve Forbes, Rush Limbaugh, former Israeli deputy prime minister Natan Sharansky, and former Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
His first novel, The Last Jihad, put readers inside the cockpit of a hijacked jet on a kamikaze attack into an American city, leading to a showdown between the U.S. and Saddam Hussein over weapons of mass destruction. Yet it was written nine months before September 11, 2001. Published in November 2002, The Last Jihad hit number one on Amazon.com and spent eleven weeks on the New York Times best-seller list.
Mr. Rosenberg’s second novel, The Last Days, was about the death of Yasser Arafat and a White House push for peace. The first chapter put readers inside a U.S. diplomatic convoy heading into Gaza as part of the Middle East peace process. The convoy was attacked by a massive explosion. Three weeks before the book was published in October 2003, such an attack took place in Gaza, leading U.S. News & World Report to call Mr. Rosenberg a “modern Nostradamus.” The Last Days quickly became a New York Times and USA Today best seller. A Hollywood producer optioned the rights for a major motion picture.
The New York Times has twice profiled Mr. Rosenberg, calling him “a Washington success story.” He has appeared on more than three hundred radio and television programs, including ABC’s Nightline with Ted Koppel, CNN Headline News, FOX News Channel, MSNBC, CBN’s The 70 °Club, The Sean Hannity Show, and the The Rush Limbaugh Show. The Ezekiel Option was the winner of the 2006 Christian Book Award for fiction.