Ancient Assassin Blade Book: Secret Assassins of History: Birth of Terrorism and The Fida'i by Adrian Ambrose

by Adrian Ambrose

The Predecessors of Isis; Islam and TerrorismThe Jihad of Ancient Assassins and the Birth of TerrorismHistory recalls them as the Hasheeshian Assassins, this is the true story of the Ismaili Fida'i and how their asymmetric warfare and jihad birthed terrorism.Long before the terrorist attacks on the Twin Towers at the World Trade Center or the birth of Isis was a small persecuted group of Muslims in ancient Iran, the Ismaili. They were outnumbered and their Muslim enemy's planned on exterminating them. To defend his people their charismatic leader devised a completely radical plan and single-handedly invented asymmetric warfare, giving birth to terrorism and psychological warfare in the process. This is the true story of Islam's Fida'i Assassins.Follow Amazons best selling author and historian Adrian Ambrose and rediscover the amazingly true story of the Fida'i Assassins. They are a people who continually overcame the impossible and created a form of asymmetric warfare that the world has never seen and inadvertently gave birth to modern day terrorism.This book is included as one of five historical tales in Adrian Ambrose’s first volume of Fierce & Ruthless Warriors that Shaped History. The entire first volume is available on the author’s Amazon page (which can be found by clicking the author’s name above this description) for a priceof only $2.99. It includes the greatest moments of history’s most elite forces; the Viking Berserkers, the Viking Varangian Guard, Islam’s Fida’i assassins, the Ancient Aztec Eagle warriors, and Ancient Hawaii’s Koa Warriors.Excerpt From the BookIn a small fortress in the Alamut Mountain, the Fida’i assassins are born. They are a small persecuted sect in a dangerous ancient world. Their enemy vastly outnumbers them and intends to ruthlessly strike them down indiscriminately and without mercy. Their leader is a charismatic and evolved thinker in military tactics. His revolutionary approach to battling his much larger enemy brings the conception of the assassin and with them comes the birth of terrorism. They are the deadliest Special Forces in the medieval world. Their symbol and weapon of choice is the close combat dagger. They are experts in disguise and masters of stealth. They are said to strike out of nowhere and disappear into the darkness before their victim’s body hits the ground lifeless. Though they are renowned for their skill with the dagger terror and reconnaissance is their greatest weapon.Their enemies claim they are delinquents drug abusers and that their leader has brain-washed his followers into committing unspeakable acts of violence against revered and respected leaders throughout the ancient world. The leaders of the Christian and Muslim worlds live in fear that they will be next to meet their fate at the hands of these assassins. They have created a form of asymmetric warfare the world has never seen.This is the true story of how a tiny community takes on the most feared warlords of their day. They will become a legend of their own time. Follow me as we rediscover history and the true story of the first assassins and the birth of terrorism in the ancient world. This is the story of the Fida’i assassins.isis, islam, jihad, terrorism, ancient assassins, assassins blade, history of islam

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