To Destroy Jerusalem (The Jerusalem Spy Series)

To Destroy Jerusalem (The Jerusalem Spy Series)

Rich in historical detail, TO DESTROY JERUSALEM is a thrilling tale of espionage, nationalism, and fate When a neutron source— a necessary component in triggering a nuclear explosion— is stolen in New York, the CIA calls on Shai Shaham, the legendary Mossad field agent. To trace the stolen neutron source, Shai needs to locate where and how those behind the theft are obtaining plutonium so he heads to Amsterdam to meet Ramzy Awwad, the Palestinian agent who Shai had been ordered to kill at the end of a mission together. He doesn’t know if Ramzy is more likely to help stop the plotters or join the Palestinian people in the midst of the first intifada (uprising) in the Occupied Territories. Set in 1990, TO DESTROY JERUSALEM is the tale of a terrifying plot that spans the globe, from Rio de Janeiro to war-torn Beirut to the West Bank. As Shai rushes to avert catastrophe, he unearths a link to the underground intifada in Jerusalem, and he tracks the conspirators until they thwart him with an ingenious plan to bridge the heavily fortified northern border into Israel. Whether Shai will be able to depend on Ramzy to help stop a horrific attack is a question on which the fate of these peoples—and the greater world--depends. WCBS AUTHOR TALKS PODCAST I loved it, your drama is so believable. Your Khalidi character reminds me of so many of these characters caught up with pipe bombs and blowing up schools--he is such a dark loner but you've made him an academic which is interesting. A great story as usual from you. Israel Behind The News TO DESTROY JERUSALEM, Kaplan's fifth gripping Middle East thriller, is his longest and most ambitious to date. A historical novel set in 1990, the action races around the globe from Jerusalem, to Rio de Janeiro, to London, and then to war torn Beirut as the antagonists attempt to separately smuggle plutonium into Israel and have the operational physicist breach Israel's fortified northern border. How they manage both should keep Israeli security services up at night. Titles by Howard Kaplan: The Damascus Cover -- Now a feature film starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers and John Hurt Bullets of Palestine To Destroy Jerusalem The Spy's Gamble The Syrian Sunset