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The Academy

By: Patrick Bet-David
Narrated by: Michael Rahhal
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 When high school dropout Ashur Yonan receives an unexpected invitation to join a shadowy organization known as the Academy, he is plunged into an ancient conspiracy that threatens the entire world.

Ashur Yonan is going nowhere fast: an eighteen-year-old college dropout living with a mom who doesn’t understand him, mourning the death of his father five years earlier and working a dead-end food service job. The only good thing he has going for him is his girlfriend Kiki, but she’s leaving soon for college on the East Coast. It’s getting harder for Ashur to believe he still has the potential to make something great out of his life.

But after meeting with a mysterious stranger at his father’s gravesite, strange things begin to happen. A representative from a shadowy organization known as the Academy comes to Ashur with an offer to join their latest recruiting class.

Wary, but out of options, Ashur accepts—and enters a world of incredible new technology, cutthroat competition, and secrets that slowly begin to reveal themselves as he navigates his place at the Academy.

As Ashur pushes to learn more about the Academy, he also begins to uncover secrets about his own past, including a family history that traces back to the fall of the Shah during the Iranian Revolution, and a host of strange circumstances surrounding his father’s death. Will he be able to learn the truth in time to save himself … and the world?©2024 Patrick Bet-David (P)2024 Recorded Books Historical Fiction Literature & Fiction Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Thrillers & Suspense
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The appointment of two ex SAVAK agents in a top super secret cabalistic organization if not impossible but unlikely,

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Good history, the quality of the audio book is very good. Could be a good option for a movie.

Good history

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I don't ever leave reviews good or bad but I respect Mr Bet-David and I seen a video of him saying he wants to see reviews on this book. Because I respect him so much and look up to him I want to just give all 5 stars but after finishing "Your next 5 moves", I know that he appreciates honest opinions in order for him to develop. I liked this book, the characters where very well designed and there names, perfect and unique to each character. I liked the story but I felt it had lacked something throughout but I realized at the end it was leaving it open for the next book, possibly. I was just thinking it was a "one time read story" so maybe I'm biased in that regard. If you ever see this Mr Bet-David, I think you a very creative person that this is a great story but it's not your fictional masterpiece. Which I believe is somewhere within you waiting to come to the surface. God Bless

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