| The Ragnarök Conspiracy | |
| Author: | Erec Stebbins[1] |
| Cover Artist: | Nicole Sommer-Lecht |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Genre: | Thriller, Political thriller, Conspiracy fiction, Spy fiction |
| Publisher: | Prometheus Books |
| Pub Date: | October 2012 |
| Media Type: | Print (Paperback), ebook(Amazon Kindle, Barnes & Noble Nook) |
| Pages: | 350 pp (First edition) |
| Isbn: | 9781616147129 |
The Ragnarök Conspiracy is the 2012 debut thriller novel by biomedical scientist Erec Stebbins,[1] [2] and the first novel in the Intel 1 Series of thrillers. The novel is about a Western terrorist organization attempting to instigate a global war with the Islamic world.[3] A group of FBI and CIA agents work together to uncover and stop their plot. The Ragnarök Conspiracy follows two main characters, an "American Bin Laden" and an FBI agent, who both suffer a terrible loss on 9/11, but clash over how to respond to terrorist threats from radicalized Muslims.[4]
The Ragnarök Conspiracy has received mixed reviews. Author Jack King stated that the book was a "sweeping, gripping tale of terror," and author William Greenleaf stated that the "thriller is filled with exciting events from beginning to end." The book was also reviewed by the Library Journal,[4] Booklist[5] and Publishers Weekly.[3] Some have praised the unusual twist on a terrorist plot ("turns the traditional terrorist thriller on its head") and "well-rounded characters".[2] Critical comments have characterized the prose as "clunky" and the themes as "heavy-handed." The novel has been compared to the works of Vince Flynn.[5]