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The Academy

By: Patrick Bet-David
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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
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Stellar Storytelling

Now I know why the PBD team is so amped about their new space and making it into the Palm Beach Movie Mecca. This is just the beginning of Asher as protagonist in a long line of fiction that rivals any fiction of today in hopes of a movie one day. The amount of detail is insurmountable to any story and gives inspiration to us all to go and get our dreams. I found this listen extremely relatable as I am the son of a foreign immigrant. Again thanks so much for representing all of us!

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Possibilities are endless!

This needs to be made into a movie or show! Great character development and plot twist!

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An interesting read.

I enjoyed the characters and plot. I assume it is set for future books. Will read them when they come out.

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It felt real, like I was Ashour.

I loved how it made me feel like I was in the story itself. It felt like I was a child immersed in it, all over again.
Definitely needs a sequel, or even a tv show series.. Long Live Assyria !

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I loved the characters

I have followed the author for years and am so delighted with this book, it was captivating from the prologue to the end. I love that the characters had their strengths and waeknesses and that they were not written off by their friends despite their failures. I can't wait to hear the sequel.

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Great book to read as a 19 year old trying to find his way in the world!

The story was very relatable to the shared experiences of so many teenagers dealing with family drama, uncertainty of the future, and a call to do something great. I appreciate the way the book ventures into topics that are taboo to talk about, and does so while showing the greater lessons that can be learned about our history. Overall, great read even from someone who doesn’t tend to like fiction!

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great story.

it kind of hints at CIA deep State recruitment while integrating a Super fun storyline for anyone who's 15 to 35 that would totally relate to everything. what a great story!

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Adventurous

Thoroughly enjoyed it . the father son dynamic the soul, searching dynamic, the adventure , the wisdom. The concept that it is in and of ourselves to be What we will to be. congrats PBD. Look forward to another.

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Fantastic, fast paced, full of twists and turns

I loved stepping inside the mind of PBD, what a wonderful man who had truly done great things. I can feel his life story, pride, and lived experiences through Asher’s adventures in this book and I feel as if I know PBD a little better today than I did before starting this book this is a must read for all young men before graduating high school

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Needs to be a movie

Such a great story. Keeps you at the edge of your seat the whole time.

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