Introduction

An American-born biologist living in Jerusalem signs up for a self-defense course, never realizing that she has been chosen for a special assignment. A Muslim woman from the States returns to Jericho, never suspecting that someone close to her is responsible for a devastating terrorist attack. Each is about to be recruited for a deadly, secret mission, and find themselves unlikely allies in a growing web of violence that threatens their families, their heritage and their lives. Featured on the Penguin website (www.penguin.com) to tie in with Jewish Book Month.

Editorial Review

There's a very interesting take on the Palestinian question in this intelligent and exciting new thriller by an Israeli journalist. When Deborah Stern, an American-born biologist working at a Jerusalem hospital, witnesses an act of terrorism and signs up for a self-defense course, she gets involved in a situation that brings her first into confrontation and then into unexpected alliance with Raba Alhassan, who has just returned from Detroit to live in Jericho with her Palestinian family. Casual details, such as "In Jerusalem, three ambulances always meant a catastrophe," add to the story's heart-wrenching realism.

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