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The Clout of Gen Kindle Edition

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The Clout of Gen is a conspiracy mystery fiction set in Kyoto, Japan...

"What if major events in modern history were planned decades ago?"

Newspaper reporter John Teddy’s miserable life is turned upside down when he uncovers a voice from the past—a voice that suspiciously knows far too much about the would-be future. John’s natural curiosity to understand the hidden message takes him to places he never imagined seeing, and ongoing conspiracies he never thought existed. The more John gets involved, the more he is led towards mysteries that are beyond his understanding. The circle of people involved grows bigger stretching from west to east; each step forward is like a step backward.

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The Gardener of Baghdad “Two people, one city, different times”	Baghdad: The Final Gathering. A tale of forbidden love in a time of war!	The Art Collector of Le Marais A tale of love and art in a city that never sleeps	The Clout of Gen Would you change the past?

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Ahmad Ardalan is a two-time cancer survivor. He was born in Baghdad in 1979. At the age of two, he moved with his parents to Vienna, Austria, where he spent most of his childhood and underwent his primary studies. After his father's diplomatic mission finished at the end of 1989, he returned to Iraq, where he continued his studies and graduated from the University of Dentistry. As a result of the unstable political, military, social, and economic conditions in his home country, Ahmad decided to leave Iraq and move to the UAE. After facing difficulties to pursue his career in dentistry, he opted to pursue employment in the business world. Since then, Ardalan has held several senior roles within the pharmaceutical and FMCG industries, throughout much of the Middle East. His early childhood in a mixed cultural environment, as well as his world travels, increased his passion for learning about cultures of the world and inspired him to pen The Clout of Gen, his first novel. After eleven years of being away, Ahmad returned to Baghdad in January 2013 on a visit that was full of mixed emotions. Inspired by his trip to Iraq, he wrote his second novel, The Gardener of Baghdad. He did not stop there, as "Matt" his latest Short Story Thriller Series became available beginning 2015. The Gardener of Baghdad, opened readers' eyes to a different picture of the city they had heard of. With hope and love as his message, Ardalan released Baghdad: The Final Gathering, and followed it by The Boy of the Mosque.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B008J0BSZO
Publisher ‏ : ‎ (July 8, 2012)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ July 8, 2012
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 1423 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 190 pages

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Ahmad Ardalan is an ongoing cancer fighter. He was born in Baghdad in 1979. At the age of two, he moved with his parents to Vienna, Austria, where he spent most of his childhood and underwent his primary studies. After his father's diplomatic mission finished at the end of 1989, he returned to Iraq, where he continued his studies and graduated from the University of Dentistry. As a result of the unstable political, military, social, and economic conditions in his home country, Ahmad decided to leave Iraq and move to the UAE. After facing difficulties to pursue his career in dentistry, he opted to pursue employment in the business world. Since then, Ardalan has held several senior roles within the pharmaceutical and FMCG industries, throughout much of the Middle East. His early childhood in a mixed cultural environment, as well as his world travels, increased his passion for learning about cultures of the world and inspired him to pen The Clout of Gen, his first novel. After eleven years of being away, Ahmad returned to Baghdad in January 2013 on a visit that was full of mixed emotions. Inspired by his trip to Iraq, he wrote his second novel, The Gardener of Baghdad. He did not stop there, as "Matt" his latest Short Story Thriller Series became available 2015. The Gardener of Baghdad, opened readers’ eyes to a different picture of the city they had heard of. With hope & love as his message, Ardalan released Baghdad: The Final Gathering, and followed it by The Boy of the Mosque. A recent trip to Paris, strolling around the beautiful galleries of Le Marais inspired him to write his latest novel The Art Collector of Le Marais.

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Dareen

Well written

Reviewed in the United States on August 25, 2012

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So yeah the book turned out better than expected. Its's the first novel by this Arab author and I loved the plot and the ending. An easy read and a page turner. If you have a Kindle, go for it!

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Jjspina

An Intriguing Look into the Future!

Reviewed in the United States on October 12, 2015

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The Clout of Glen was a different kind of mystery with a sci-fi twist. John Teddy is a disgruntled newspaper reporter who is bored with his job. His marriage to Susan is a disaster and his son is the only good thing in his life.

He feels suicidal and tries to take life on a cliff but his gun jambs. Looking down into the water he spies a box and goes down to investigate. What he discovers will change his life forever and maybe even the world. He embarks on a journey to solve the mystery and travels around the world to find the man, Yaturo Hitari, to whom the box belongs? Will he find what he needs? What about his son? Will he ever see him again? What can he do to solve the problems of the world?

I was given a copy of this book in return for an honest review. I found it to be an enjoyable read.

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LJ

Total waste of time

Reviewed in the United States on February 12, 2016

Wow... I have to wonder at all of these high star reviews. This has to be one of the most stupid books I've read in a long, long time. I was actually going to quit reading only 10 pages into it, but I have a strange compulsion to always finish what I start so I forced myself to wade through this horrible story. I realize that KU books are often hit or miss, but this was the worst one I've read in this program yet.

The writing was terrible. Like a middle school English project. See Spot. See Spot Run. See Spot shred this awful book.

The title... why? There is no Gen. What is the Clout? I don't get it. The book was comprised of short, stilted paragraphs. The characters were incredibly one-dimensional. The protagonist (if he could be called that) made the most terrible decisions for all the wrong reasons. The lack of detail was astounding. And worst of all, it just made no sense. The time travel aspect was not really well thought out nor was it a central theme, more of an underlying detail. The premise of handing over these slim folders supposedly containing the details of the future of the world was just ridiculous. I can't even list all the things that bothered me about this book or this review would be longer than the book itself.

I am an avid fan of sci-fi and time travel novels and so I'm quite used to suspension of disbelief as long as the story put forth makes sense. But in this book there were just SO many holes and unanswered questions (that I honestly don't care to ever have resolved, that's how much I hated this book). The ending was terrible. Honestly I can't think of a single redeeming thing about this book and if I could give zero stars I would. Oh actually, yes... one saving grace is its short length. Thank goodness it wasn't any longer.

Don't waste your time with this one.

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Aija Sadurskis

Very poor indeed

Reviewed in the United States on November 3, 2015

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Simplistic writing and no literary qualities. Ridiculous story. Even though the book was a mere 190 pages, it was filled with details that led nowhere.

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julie whiteley

A Real Mind Bender!

Reviewed in the United States on August 17, 2013

My rating: 4 of 5 stars
The Clout of Gen by Ahmad Ardalan was released in June of 2012. I received a copy of this book from the author in exchange for an honest review. John is a man down on his luck. He is in financial straights, is in a dead end journalist position at work, and his marriage has fallen apart. It doesn't matter how hard he tries, things just never go right for him. So, in utter despondency, John decides to take his own life. But, even that goes awry. Searching for another way to commit suicide, John sees a box floating in the water. Finding that box changes John life forever. John discovers there is a man in Japan that has the uncanny ability to predict the future. From the outcomes of sporting events to predicting natural disasters, this man seems to know in advance what will happen. John takes a long overdue vacation and heads out to find this man. When John finally tracks down Yaturo Hitari, the man becomes like a father to him. John makes his home in Japan and begins to learn all about how Hitari can predict the future. The two of them discover they have been manipulated from the beginning. The only hope is to locate a certain person and attempt to change the world for the better. This book is a mind bender. I'm not even sure what genre to classify it in. But, I guess I would have to call it a sub-genre of science fiction/fantasy. But, not in the traditional way. I really like this book. Once I started reading it, I couldn't put it down. There are so many thought provoking themes in this novel. If you could time travel, would you attempt to prevent natural disasters and war? Would having the power to manipulate the outcome of events be too great a temptation? Would you lose your ability to think of mankind as a whole in favor of personal power and wealth? What if you thought you were special and you were doing the right things for the right reasons only to discover you had been misled? Other issues like- What would the effects of time travel have on your body or mind? Would it be worth the risk? The novel was well thought out and cleverly plotted. I think this author will be one to look out for in the future. Well done. I'll give this one solid A.

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Graver Tank

If you have nothing better to do

Reviewed in the United States on September 27, 2015

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Based on reviews, I kept waiting for it to get better. It never did. A guy from the future decides to change the past. Why? To what end? How can the novel's brilliant characters make such moronic mistakes? Is this yet another set-up for multi-novel story arc? Was I reading a different book than other reviewers who were surprised by the story's plot line? Perhaps the book simply failed to live up to the hype. Had it been described as a formulaic time-travel book that reinforces the immutableness of our decisions, I would have been happier.

Reviewed in the United States on October 21, 2014

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Very enjoyable read. Quite unusual story. Could flirt with a conspiracy theory or magic. These are always a fantastic journey to take when escaping into the pages of a good book. I still wish to apply for the editing or transcribing position. Cannot help myself, sorry, proofreading is a part of my DNA. Quite a few incorrect words in sentences but I guess I'm becoming accustomed to it. Almost

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coccotoro

The Clout of Gen

Reviewed in Canada on September 22, 2014

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I received a free download of "The Clout of Gen" by Ahmad Ardalan in exchange for an honest review. This was his debut novel from June 2012.
I found this novel very difficult to classify under a particular genre to classify it in, so I am not going to attempt this. I really enjoyed reading this novel, and once I started reading it, I couldn't put it down

John Teddy and wife Susan are a dysfunctional couple, with a young son, Adam... but their marriage has collapsed. John is a newspaper reporter, who was now assigned to cover a story, one from rags to riches. Susan, the soon to be ex, is a nagging wife, from a privileged family, and blames their financial setback on John's lack of motivation. When John finds his wife involved with her boss, he kicks her out and based on this traumatic event, attempts to commit suicide, but the trigger on his gun jammed. Nothing goes right!

During another suicide attempt, John sees a box floating in the water, which will change his life forever.John discovers there is a man in Japan that has the ability to predict the future. John takes a long overdue vacation and heads out to find this man.

John finally tracks down Yaturo Hitari, and the man becomes like a father to him. John makes his home in Japan and begins to learn all about how Hitari can predict the future. John's trip takes him to places he never thought he would see, but with it came the realization of conspiracies and mysteries involving a large group of people.

The novel was well thought out and the plot was very intriguing. This author will be one to look out for in the future. Very enjoyable read.

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Joo

The Clout of Gen

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 24, 2014

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John Teddy, a newspaper reporter feels his life has no more meaning, but whilst contemplating ending things by jumping off a cliff, he spots a box, the contents of which will change his life forever.

It's hard to class this book as, even though the centre of it has a time traveller, it is about Teddy's new found life and his search for the figure on the video in the box and the consequences of it.

I found this story to be enthralling and I was quite moved at times. The descriptions of the settings in Kyoto made me think I might like to visit it. This is one of those gems I've discovered and feel glad that I have.

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A I Cunningham

Don't waste your time or money

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 30, 2018

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One of the worst books I have ever read, riddled with errors (I'm guessing it was self-published and therefore never proof-read?) and written in a very immature style. The only reason I finished it was because it was short. Nothing was fleshed out or explained properly, the 'hero' was unrealistic and none of the few interesting ideas in the book were expanded upon. Waste of 99p!!

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The Gardener of Baghdad

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The Art Collector of Le Marais

The Clout of Gen

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