Joel C. Rosenberg

Joel C. Rosenberg (born 1967 in Syracuse, NY) - an American-Israeli author, political strategist, and philanthropist. He is best known for writing political thrillers based on Middle Eastern geopolitical themes and biblical prophecy. He is an evangelical Christian of Jewish heritage (often identifying as a Messianic Jew). In 2014, he moved to Jerusalem. He founded The Joshua Fund, a non-profit dedicated to humanitarian aid in Israel and neighboring countries, and is the editor-in-chief of news sites All Israel News and All Arab News. He is the author of a 6-volume (so far) series featuring CIA Special Agent Marcus Ryker (a practicing evangelical Christian), which often deals with issues of Israeli security.

The Persian Gamble (2019) tracks a terrifying nuclear alliance among Russia, Iran, and North Korea―and the deadly mission former US Secret Service Agent Marcus Ryker must risk to halt their deadly strategy. Shot out of the air in enemy territory in the middle of the greatest international crisis since the end of the Cold War, Ryker finds himself facing an impossible task. Not only does he have to somehow elude detection and capture by Russian special forces, but he must convince his own government to grant safe harbor to the one man responsible for the global mayhem―Russian double agent and assassin Oleg Kraskin. While frantically negotiating with his contacts in the White House, Marcus learns that the unstable North Korean regime plans to use the international chaos as a smokescreen to sell nuclear weapons to Iran. With the fate of the entire free world on the line, Marcus makes a deal with the U.S. government―he will go back to work as an international operative and track down the WMDs before they end up in the hands of those with the determination and the means to use them. Marcus and Oleg worked together once before to avert a world war. Can they now find a way to stop world destruction? – Amazon]

In The Jerusalem Assassin (2020), U.S. President Andrew Clarke is determined to announce a historic Middle East peace plan from the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. But when senior American officials who support the plan begin violently dying, Clarke orders Ryker and his team of CIA operatives to hunt down those responsible and bring the killing spree to an end. When the Palestinians denounce the American plan, the Saudis signal they may be ready to forge a historic treaty with Israel. Could the Saudi king’s support be the missing ingredient that will lead to peace in the Middle East at long last? Ryker soon uncovers a chilling plot to kill the American president. A well-resourced international alliance is dead set against the peace plan. They will stop at nothing to strike a blow against the Americans and seize leadership of the Muslim world. Ryker has 48 hours to stop them. - Amazon]

The Beirut Protocol (2021): A groundbreaking peace treaty between Israel and Saudi Arabia is nearing completion. Marcus Ryker leads an advance security team along the Israel-Lebanon border to prepare for the arrival of the U.S. Secretary of State. Ryker’s team is ambushed by a rogue Hezbollah special forces unit. During a brutal firefight, Ryker, CIA agent Kailea Curtis, and Yigal Mizrachi (an IDF intelligence officer and nephew of the Israeli Prime Minister) are taken hostage.The captors intend to transfer the prisoners to Beirut and eventually to Tehran for a televised execution. Such an event would likely ignite a regional war, effectively destroying the peace treaty. Captured and brutalized behind enemy lines, Ryker must rely on his training and faith to survive. He faces a critical dilemma: wait for an increasingly unlikely rescue by U.S. and Israeli forces, or attempt a nearly impossible escape while protecting his severely wounded colleagues. He goes for the daring escape. – Amazon.]

Rosenberg, Joel C., (The Persian Gamble [hc, Tyndale Fiction, 2019]) 978-1496406187 [pb, Tyndale Fiction, 2019] 978-1496406224

Rosenberg, Joel C., (The Jerusalem Assassin [hc, Tyndale Fiction, 2020]) 978-1496437846 [pb, Tyndale Fiction, 2021] 978-1496437853

Rosenberg, Joel C., (The Beirut Protocol [hc, Tyndale Fiction, 2021]) 978-1496437891 [pb, Tyndale Fiction, 2022] 978-1496437907