Damascus Gate

<p>"A stunning novel by a great American writer."--<em>Washington Post</em></p><p>Jerusalem: home to seekers heretics hustlers and madmen of many faiths. In this most fractious city a plot unfolds to bomb the sacred Temple Mount.<br />Christopher Lucas an expatriate American journalist stumbles upon the plot while investigating religious fanatics. Entangled in the intrigue are a nightclub singer an unstable Jewish guru a strung-out Kabbalist seeking the messiah and a soldier of fortune routinely found at the world's violent clashes. A confrontation in Gaza a chase through riot-filled streets a cat-and-mouse game in an underground maze--as Lucas races against time he uncovers the duplicity and depravity on all sides of Jerusalem's sacred struggle.<br />An explosive bestseller <em>Damascus Gate</em> lays bare the dangers at the fringes of faith.</p><p>"A transcendent thriller."--<em>Time</em></p><p>"Brims over with plots subplots and an impressive array of incisively drawn characters . . . The range of [Stone's] knowledge is spectacular."--<em>The New Yorker</em></p><p>"Damascus Gate asks enormous questions about cosmic truth--and its effect on those who think they own it--with intensity intellectual rigor and abiding morality."--<em>San Francisco Chronicle</em></p>