Award-Winning Journalist Joe Shea Reviews Stephan Zimmerman's Political Thriller, "The Christmas Strike"

(PRWEB) July 7, 2005

Joe Shea, Editor-in-chief of The American Reporter, released a June 26th 2005 review of Stephan Zimmermann’s explosive political thriller, The Christmas Strike. The review was published on Shea's website, http://erhc.blogspot.com. Exerpts from the review follow.

Shea, an award-winning journalist, opines about The Christmas Strike:

“Stephan Zimmerman … has written a novel that … investors will find so uncomfortable they might want to ask Congress to send in the U.S. Army to stop its publication.

”His 2004 novel is the story of a terrorist plot to unleash an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) device against the United States, but its subplots include the efforts of a United States Senator from California to call a nationwide general strike on Christmas Eve … to further both his political and private ambitions. …

”The real terrorist plot that opens the novel unfolds in simple, terrifying steps. No American who remembers Sept. 11 will find it the least bit implausible, I warn you. China is a secret player in the background of the story that only emerges when the climax offers its generals a frightening opportunity.

”Its driving momentum and constant suprises will carry even the most illiterate Raging Bull poster swiftly along to the terrifying climax.”

Shea’s full review can be viewed on his website, http://erhc.blogspot.com in the June, 2005 archives.

The Christmas Strike caught Shea's attention since much of the novel's plot revolves around the new offshore oil finds in the Gulf of Guinea, off the coast of West Africa. The controversial issues surrounding oil strikes in the region have recently been much discussed in political and economic circles. Major players in the oil industry sector, including Chevron, Exxon, and Murphy oil have various stakes in the region.

The 388-page novel, The Christmas Strike, by Stephan Zimmermann, ISBN 1-4116-1163-2, is available online at http://www.amazon.com and http://www.lulu.com/sonja in both print and download versions. It can also be ordered at most major bookstores, including Barnes & Noble, WaldenBooks or local book sellers throughout the U.S. and Canada, and through distributors worldwide.Free previews of sample chapters are available at http://www.amazon.com and http://www.google.com, as well as on the author's website, http://www.panaxus.com.

Zimmermann, who earlier released a Cold War political novel, The Sonja Factor, is a professor of internal business and economics at Webster University in Little Rock. He is currently exploring film and television production and release of The Christmas Strike as a major motion picture.

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