read by Jeffrey Buckner Ford
The Last Israelis
provides a rollercoaster nine hours of suspense as the Israeli Prime Minister
lies in a German hospital bed after falling into a coma, having just ordered his
Defence Minister to make ready a retaliatory nuclear strike against Iran.
The cast of characters in The Last Israelis makes for an interesting drama: thirty-five crew
members in a nuclear-armed submarine who enjoy a very brief and unexpected
dockside party with family and loved ones prior to embarking on their deadly
final mission. As the party progresses, no one knows their orders and no one
can realise the fates of either those left ashore and those in the lethal
vessel, The Dolphin.
The submariners are diverse in terms of their backgrounds, political
views and sexual orientations, thus making for lively and significant
interactions and debate. Add to the drama some sexual jealousy and social
conscience and there is fine material for conflict and resolution as deadly events
unfold above the water line.
Read with breathless urgency by Jeffrey Buckner Ford, this
is excellent audiobook drama which will keep you guessing and urge you to think
about the very real tensions still at work in a conflict-torn Middle East.
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