Saul Burg

Who is Saul Burg? How does a fierce man with a shrouded past become Special High Representative to the UN Secretary-General responsible for coordinating humanitarian work in failed states? <br /><br />In 1954 deep in Israel's Negev Desert Palestinian fedayeen massacred the occupants of a bus trundling through the hills between Eilat and Beersheba. The sole survivor eight-year-old Saul suddenly orphaned was placed with a German kibbutz in Galilee growing up in a rich cultural envelope. As he matured and rationalised the moment his parents were killed a contempt for terrorists accompanied him into adulthood.<br /><br />The military call up pivoted him from farming to fighting and a lifelong confrontation with terrorism began.<br /><br />As an Israeli special forces soldier he killed terrorists covertly; as an operative with Mossad he eliminated still more.<br /><br />Saul transitioned from Mossad hitman to spy master. Germany's ambassador in Tel Aviv took notice of his abilities and arranged recruitment into Germany's Intelligence Service. A decade later 9/11 brought Saul Burg a further assignment-a post in Berlin to advance Germany's contribution to the global war on terror.<br /><br />Sixty years after the bus massacre hardened by a lifetime spent battling terrorism's darkness yet pursuing enlightened thinking and sometimes falling under the influence of strong women Saul relocates from Berlin to Geneva to oversee UN humanitarian work.<br /><br />Working with him in Geneva is Blake Caldwell a tech-savvy young assistant. Blake builds databases to track the global humanitarian effort; his search tools uncover names ...<br /><br />This gripping novel with two interwoven timelines explores Saul's enduring fight against terrorism and Blake's quest to unravel his identity.