I want a copy of Ferrigno's "Prayers for the Assassin"

Here's the Amazon link.

From "Prayers of the Assassin" website:

Prayers for the Assassin is set thirty-five years from now, after a civil war in which most of the United States has become a moderate Islamic republic and the Bible Belt has broken away to become a Christian nation. This political shift was precipitated by simultaneous suitcase-nuke detonations in New York, Washington, D.C. and Mecca?a sneak attack blamed on Israel, known as the Zionist Betrayal. Within this tense world, the beautiful and intrepid young historian Sarah Dougan uncovers shocking evidence that he Zionist Betrayal was not linked to Israel at all, but was a plot carried out by a messianic a radical Muslim billionaire now poised ot overtake the entire nation.

From Reviewer C. Hutton who gives it five stars:

The storyline is what grabs the reader in this age of terrorism : A decade in our future, Israel is blamed for a nuclear holocaust that annihilates Mecca, New York City, and Washington, D.C. -- Israel is destroyed in retaliation and most of America converts to Islam. "Prayers For the Assassin" is a movie script in search of funding -- it is a page-turning futuristic thriller with no pretensions of being Pultizer Prize winning material. It is unique among post 9-11 novels and raises "what-if" questions for the reader in the same way that the Tom Cruise film, "Minority Report" does for its audience.

Ferrigno about the making of his book:

The premise of Prayers for the Assassin is that the USA loses the war on terror and becomes an Islamic republic. I make it clear that the USA was never defeated militarily, but bled white by a conflict without end, weakened internally by dissent, economic malaise, and a consumer culture hostile to people's thirst for meaning in their lives. A lot of people have asked me if I think such a thing could really happen. As always, the answer can be found in The Godfather.

There's a great scene in Godfather II, where Michael Corleone goes to Havana to deliver twelve million dollars to the Batista government to set up some casinos. On the drive from the airport to the presidential palace, Michael sees a young rebel blow himself up with a grenade, taking out the military police attempting to arrest him. While his partner, Hyman Roth dismisses the chances of Castro's rebels being successful, Michael is discomforted, noting that the soldiers are paid to fight, but the rebels are dying for what they believe in. I think this is the key to the world of Prayers for the Assassin.

There's more of course. Read the whole thing.

Hey National Bookstore, magbenta naman kayo ng kopya nito o.

As for me naman, I want a book that not only will educate me about Islam and the Muslim culture, but entertain me while doing so. I think "Prayers for the Assassin" is this book.

Read the book excerpts here.

Hugh Hewitt interviews the author Robert Ferrigno: What would America look like in 40 years if it was an Islamic republic?

Ferrigno also has a blog to promote his book.

Review of Prayers from BrothersJudd.

Nytimes review.