The Beginning Of The End

First off I do know the author and I communicate with him on occasion. I bought the book at $10 and i'm glad to see it has been discounted to $4. The book is quite long. Things that I like about the book is that it's fast paced and it keeps you on edge as it moves from character to character and events.Some of the things I did bring up to Mr. Snyder was the use of grammar. The book would have had a much better flow if it was revised in modern grammar. For example too many "is not, does not, cannot" etc should have been replaced with isn't, doesn't etc. It could have made the read flow somewhat better.As for Mr. Snyder. Let me say he's a quality guy. He's has an extensive background in finance and has a legal background, and he knows the workings of what goes on in the Nations Capitol because he worked there.As an aside you shouldn't judge him or his book on his religious beliefs. What he has written in his book and on his blog sites are a precursor to what could be headed our way. You can see the manifestations of it already in Europe, the Middle East and here in the US. All of the recent protest and riots around the world have taken place because their economies are collapsing and the people have had enough. The recent turmoil and overthrow of President Morsi in Egypt was all predicated on the failure of it's economy. That is the point Mr. Snyder is trying to convey in his book in novel form. It's happening all around the world and it could happen here in the US.He is no fortune teller. He just backs up what he writes with data and facts that have already been published by other News sources.Overall I give it a 4 out of 5 and that's not bad for a newbie writer.

I personally really enjoyed this book because of the plot, the ideas presented, and the fact that the book was an excellent story. There are a few things about it that I had to overlook, such as the technical ability of the writer, which I think will improve even further with time and another novel or two. I think there was a little too much exposition--which is a common failing in new or young or inexperienced writers--but I don't think the over- expositioning ruined the story. The story is still in its beginning and any subsequent novels may have less exposition. There are a few questions I thought of asking, such as, are the killer and several others possessed? I think if there are more novels, this needs to be dealt with. Also, the sentence structure could be tightened a little bit; this would help the flow of the story, and aid in conveying ideas quickly. The author does definitely clearly convey his ideas, though wordily at times. I would also suggest that he flesh out his characters a little more--both his main character and his ex-girlfriend. I liked how the author gave the ex-girlfriend a lot of rage and a good basic backstory, which I think still needs more details and motivations, maybe more complex ones, in the next novel. I think her development is a good start. I think the main character needs to reveal more of his thoughts and inner life, to understand his motivations more. I have read several other novels of this type in the past, and despite its faults, I think the tale is good and well-told.

The writing is amateurish, sometimes corny and somewhat stilted, but the book still needs to read and is enjoyable. First, the bad: there are some amazing incongruities in plot. A 7 foot 400+ pound assassin in full body armor somersaults over a speeding Audi. This armor is so effective that it allows the assassin to withstand the blast of an exploding gas tank right next to him. If you have ever seen "Hurt Locker" (see it) you'll know that body armor that has any chance of protecting the wearer from that kind of blast does not allow for somersaults over a small dog let alone a car.A minister's daughter is murdered by the out of control secret organization and the scores of news people present agree not to post the story. We are expected to believe the neighbors don't come out with their iphones when scores of assault troops, black suvs etc. surround the property and make a show of abusing the innocent inhabitants. Has anyone ever heard of the Blaze or Breitbart TV? We are expected to believe that a BATFE agent who is stabbed 33 times, has his tongue cut out, is trussed up like a mummy and is thrown from a high window after filming an interview where he explains that the girl was murdered, and the police decide this was a burglary. An evil woman is stabbed in the back on a boat that is moments away from exploding miles from land, presumably in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay, with no one around anywhere on the horizon and somehow she makes it back to land. I could go on, but you get the idea. Thousands of people are rounded up and many never return and no one fights back. Try that in West Virginia or East Texas. You could send that whole agency into West Virginia and none would come out alive. Some are worse. You get the idea.The writing is pretty amateurish and stilted, "What did Tom want? That was a question that he knew that he did not have a good answer for."Now the good: This book is very provocative and should be read for that reason alone. We have seen a steady increase in the abuse of power by government at most all levels, but particularly the Federal level. From the Clinton administration we got Waco, Ruby Ridge and a concerted effort to destroy the women who brought complaints against Clinton. From this administration we have the IRS targeting political foes on a major scale, then magically claiming that the hard drives of most every high ranking official magically failed and were hastily destroyed. We have the NSA monitoring nearly everything every American does electronically. The Administration bugged the communications of scores of AP reporters and have harassed Fox reporters who broke news embarrassing to the Administration. The CIA recently admitted to hacking into Senate computers after denying it. Even the Democratic Chairwoman of the committee was furious. A recent news article exposes a HHS executive asking a recipient to delete the email in violation of Federal law, and the list goes on and on. I am not saying this rises to the level of the abuse portrayed in the book, but we should all be very concerned that these steps are precursors to that kind of behavior. When we have an executive who thinks he can rule without Congress and has lost 12 cases before the Supreme Court 9-0, this should be a concern to all Americans.

At the time of writing, there are 7 five star reviews, 5 one star reviews and nothing in between highlighting an extreme split in opinions.I started the book one day and finished it the next so I definitely found it a page turner. The author keeps the action flowing quickly.The book wasn't what I expected. I came to it from the author's Economic Collapse blog because, if you look at my other reviews, I'm concerned about what is happening in finance and economics. I didn't read the synopsis or reviews before I bought.I thought I was buying a financial thriller but finance was mentioned more in passing than as a central plot. In its place is a fight against a government agency that operates in the shadows, even outside of the US president's control with supposedly the aim of uniting the world in peace and prosperity.That doesn't sound so evil, does it?Well it's more how they would do it and what they represent that is the big problem. They are nasty people who don't mind killing innocents.The book turns into a battle between good and evil in terms of religion. It seems that the author believes that we're in the early stages of the prophecies in the Book of Revelation in the Bible.I don't have an issue with that as such as a basis for a thriller but viewed in that light, the plot is underdeveloped.The big question that I found coming from the book is "How do you know what and who to believe?" It's a question the book doesn't even try to answer.Terrible things have been done in the name of Christianity in the past. Everything is open to being twisted and re-interpreted by men and women who want to advance their own particular beliefs. For example, there are many different strands of Christianity with radically different beliefs. The author is also doing it as he advances his own thoughts about the meaning of Revelation.I see some reviews are critical of the writing style. I'm usually sensitive to these problems but I didn't have an issue with it as I was caught up in the flow of the book.I found it entertaining in a trashy, airport thriller way but I suspect the author wanted to achieve much more than that.

The plot is good but otherwise this book reads like it was written by someone who took a two week course in how to write a novel. The characters are so poorly developed that you find yourself not caring if they live or die. The dialogue is completely deadpan and moreover each character uses the same modes of speech, ie without any idiom or abbreviations. Real people just don't speak like that. The thing that really annoyed me is that the ending is completely implausible to anyone who is not a Christian fundamentalist. I could forgive that if the author had at least a grain of writing skill, but sadly that does not seem to be the case.

I found this book to be riveting, I couldn’t put it down, although it was fictional it rings true to what is really happening in the world, I hope that many people buy it and enjoy it as much as I have.

Such a poor writing style, I haven't been able to finish the book.I've read the sample and thought it's worth a read, especially as the theme did interest me. so I bought it and guess what, after the sample part the writing got so much worse that I had to put it down. What a scam.

Great idea for a plot but the writing style resembles that of a schoolboy. While the characters have the potential to be built into interesting people the writer doesn't bother, leaving you not really caring what happens to them. The dialogue is written more like a report of what was said and doesn't resemble how real people speak at all. No abbreviations or inflections at all, leaving it all very monologue. The end can only be described as Christian fundamentalist bull$#!7