Chastised: The United States of Israel

by Lee Malick

The Middle East. The centre of world history and still a cornerstone of modern politics. A movement. A weapon. A revolution. A new world order to fix past injustices.

Enver lives the perfect life as a successful New York lawyer until conscience forces him to question everything. His path leads him to Indonesia, where he meets Tito, a former political prisoner with a vision of Islamic renaissance.
Together, they build the Tahl movement, a powerful force aimed at challenging Western dominance in the Middle East.
As they develop the game-changing Boxfish weapon, their former ally Mike Silver begins tracking their every move for Mossad. In Washington, corrupt Senator Garrett orchestrates political manoeuvres that could fundamentally change the West's playbook.

A US president that has recognised that the US population no longer blindly follows Israeli support and wakes to the pace required to keep up and match the emerging political and military forces from China.

When stealth technology no longer offers superiority.
When assassination attempts and military confrontations escalate, the line between justice and terrorism blurs. Will the Tahl movement's ambitious plan trigger global catastrophe or herald a new world order?

This masterful political thriller weaves together international espionage, religious revolution, and cutting-edge military technology. If you're drawn to complex geopolitical intrigue, moral ambiguity, and high-stakes international conflict, this sophisticated thriller will keep you on the edge of your seat.

249 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 1, 2025

About the author

Newbie writer who simply wants to offer the world another dimension away from the ideological and propaganisation that we are forced to accept daily.
All too often, we live and succumb to the here and now, forgetting that human civilization has occurred in fits and starts and tends to follow similar paths.

Reviews

[Lee Malick · Rating 4 out of 5]

Offers a blend of historical context and the amazing contrubutions from the Islamic Golden ages brought into a region fighting for its voice and own destiny. The works of a Mandela Indonesian Iman catalyses a potential rebirth to the region, but first they must seek to eliminate Western military influence in the region.
Perfume, Algebra and Cosmology are only some of the contribution of Muslim scholars through the ages. Most modern science owes its development to the medicine, mathematics, astronomy, chemistry and optics developed and refined by Muslim scholars in the Islamic Golden Ages from around 700AD through to 1300s.

This period also saw the growing adoption of the decimal number system. Algebra, Algorithms were developed and are named after the inventors such as Al-Kwarizmi and Al-Tusi. Many stars and galaxies have Arabic names as a legacy of the major work done by earliest astronomers, think of the commonly named 3 sisters in the Orion’s belt, Alnitak, Alnilam and Mintaka.

But these early pioneers are not widely recognised or mentioned in western history. Renowned scientist such as Copernicus and even Newton derived their work and theories on the back of prior meticulous science by Arab scholars before them.

Baghdad was not a sad headline, it was a proud and bustling city, a centre of learning and welcomed scholars from around the world and Muslims, Jews and Christians worked side by side under the Abbasid house.

[Dani · Rating 3 out of 5]

When the author contacted me asking if I'd be interested in reading this book, it took me a bit of time to decide. This one did not sound like my usual read but I gave it a try anyway.

I'm not one that knows much about religion and the political climate in the Middle East (besides what you hear on the news). I am aware that the picture most of us experience is mainly one sided, but there is more to this than meets the eye. There are people that want change, there is history impacting us in our everyday life (I only recently learned that the number system we use is Arabic based), and historically a lot of modern, everyday *things* have an origin in these countries.

The author wanted to present a different side and offer us a unique experience we usually don't get. That does not come without touching religion and politic topics. At the end of the day that it was clear, that a lot of thought and passion was invested in this work. I'm I the perfect audience for it? No. I enjoyed it, but not loving it is more of a personal experience and not the fault of the author. He tried his best and I’m 100% sure, that there is an audience enjoying the complexity and mixture (with adding historical background and going deep for some topics).

I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.

[Vaughn · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a surprise. I received a complimentary copy from Booksprout and was reluctant not knowing the debut author. I try and have a 15 minute rule trying new stuff. Safe to say, I stayed longer than 15 minutes. The subject matter (if you have an interest in politics and the state of the world) is very topical. Too often, Western readers get authors with a Western view, and we just go along with it. This book confronts us Westerners with some of their government actions over the years, and it's not always easy to accept. The purpose of a book is to entertain, but more importantly, the reader should feel as if they have learnt something new. In that case, your learning will be plentiful.
It covers the spectrum of history, civilization, military tech,US Military, AIPAC, Israel, Indonesia, Turkiye, Science and a few others. It's not perfect, but the whole book leaves one thinking.
Worth a try