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The Naked Earth [ebook]
[9781591461234]

$6.99

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by Midwest Book Review (Tonya Thul-Theis)

Date Added: Monday 17 November, 2008

Crime, mystery, war, death and sin are all the ingredients in a recipe for a thrilling novel and a great read. From award-winning author Jonathan Adam DeCoteau comes a gripping novel titled "The Naked Earth." The reader will meet Sindbad, an Iraqi-American who specializes in photographing dead bodies for the military in the current Iraq war. While investigating a bizarre double homicide in Basra, he discovers a horrible truth. Journey with Sindbad as he discovers that a genocide has begun that Western governments did nothing to stop. As he continues his investigation, some underworld warlords place a death mark on him. Sindbad soon discovers these gangsters have something to do with the annihilation of his family's ancestral home, Jannah-Ri and, in turn, he vows revenge. Ultimately, Sindbad commits a crime so brutal that it costs him his humanity. Now back in America, he must live with what he has done until God leads him on a journey of self discovery. Will he find redemption?

Strongly recommended for community library collections. "The Naked Earth" won the 2007 Indie Excellence Award.

Rating: [5 of 5 Stars!]

by Richard R. Blake (Reader Views)

Date Added: Monday 10 November, 2008

Award-winning author Jonathan Adam DeCoteau explores the inner conflicts of photojournalist Evan Al-Mohummad in this bold contemporary novel. Evan "Sindbad" has been assigned by the American military to investigate a bizarre double murder in Basra, Iraq.

Sindbad uncovers the beginnings of genocide, known and ignored by Western governments. Threats on Sindbad's life came from all directions. The environment surrounding Basra was described this way: "These were men who had lost the impossible war, men who no longer believed in words like democracy, but in sulfur and gun powder, in the violence of life they could fit in the palms of their hands." Thwarted from every side, Sindbad is determined to tell the story in a desperate effort to bring about justice.

DeCoteau captures the pathos and pain of the injustice and hatred that accompany the atrocities of war. Jonathan writes of the horror of war using the form and language of poetic prose. He instills a haunting reminder in the mind of the reader of the devastation, suffering, and the nightmares of war: of random bombings, smoke lacing the air, and of total chaos.

I could almost feel the deep bitterness of hatred, the fear and paranoia of suspicion depicted in the emotions of the suicide bombers and of their victims. "They were family men caught in politics like a dying desert mouse caught by a vulture. Most had never held a gun."

Sindbad's investigation further revealed that Basra's underworld gangsters were involved in a conspiracy to annihilate his family's ancestral home, Janni-Ri. He vows revenge.

DeCoteau's graphic descriptions leave the reader with an indelible image of Sindbad's violent and brutal act of revenge and murder of another murderer, a nine-year-old man...child, Sameh. Back in America, crazed and guilt-stricken Sindbad faces his conscience. A quest for self-discovery leads him on an odyssey that takes him back to his ancestral home Janni-Ri to find peace and redemption. Here he finally finds freedom from prejudice, from war, from oppression, and degradation.

The stench of death in the streets, the sound of gunfire, and the extremes of human nature are smelled, heard, and felt in this outstanding portrayal of war in the land of Iraq and its peoples.

Jonathan Adam DeCoteau has raised the bar to a new level in this exciting genre of international adventure novels, centered on the Middle East. "The Naked Earth" is brilliant, soul-searching, and relevant.

Rating: [5 of 5 Stars!]