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For What Is Sacred
In this 2nd Edition, a master terrorist, incarcerated for years at Guantanamo, is getting his revenge
A gripping international thriller giving insight behind the conflict in Palestine today
A nuclear power plant and a nuclear arms depot book ends to a deep-water port, add a terrorist seeking revenge, what could go wrong? Mossad agent Amirrah Kohen is about to find out. She starts her new assignment as the Eilath anti-terrorist presence in Gaza with Palestine on the verge of Peace, but a bizarre partnership between a Zionist politician and a Muslim Jihadist ignites Gaza, and forces her to choose between saving the one she loves or stopping a disastrous terrorist assault.
˃˃˃ It's fiction but this suspense thriller reads like today's news267 pages, Paperback
First published June 1, 2012
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December 29, 2012
This book is well crafted and I thoroughly enjoyed it. the characters are believeable, the plot is suspenseful, and the settings are described with detail.
January 31, 2016
The antagonist, protagonists and those caught in between are given pretty convincing motivation for their actions, these reasons range from political to personal. This results in characters you can understand very well, but it falls a tad beneath sympathizing with them. Instead, what you have are characters you like, not love. You like them in the type of way you like your withdrawn neighbour which isn’t “really liking someone”. This isn’t bad, and it isn’t a blow to the novel. Thrillers aren’t famous for building characters that make you ache with deep sympathy/empathy.
This novel is surgically written, economic, so what you get is a fast paced thriller/suspense novel with action and mind-games and realism. You have the terrorist’s psychology spread out for dissection, you get into their reasoning and sacred motivations or not so sacred ones. That is a thrilling experience in its own right. The politics are rife and credible. It’s a cat and mouse game that will have you engrossed within the pages. The antagonist and the protagonist are equally presented so you end up with a really entertaining show because you know things that the characters don’t know. The book builds and builds until the climax, which is satisfying but it is not the heroes that bring justice they just save the day. And that is good because you rather have something worse happen to people like that, something that the justice departments can’t sentence them to.
This novel is surgically written, economic, so what you get is a fast paced thriller/suspense novel with action and mind-games and realism. You have the terrorist’s psychology spread out for dissection, you get into their reasoning and sacred motivations or not so sacred ones. That is a thrilling experience in its own right. The politics are rife and credible. It’s a cat and mouse game that will have you engrossed within the pages. The antagonist and the protagonist are equally presented so you end up with a really entertaining show because you know things that the characters don’t know. The book builds and builds until the climax, which is satisfying but it is not the heroes that bring justice they just save the day. And that is good because you rather have something worse happen to people like that, something that the justice departments can’t sentence them to.
November 16, 2014
From one of my first readers, Fran Sullivan:
As a long time follower of events in the Mid-East and a staunch supporter of the Geneva Accord, I found F.J. Harmon's work, FOR WHAT IS SACRED, a revealing look into the strains that exist between Israel and Palestine from the perspective of persons whose love for each other crosses the divide but doesn't transcend the tragic forces that govern that part of the world. There is corruption, duplicity, and greed but there is nationalism, patriotism, biblical literalness and identity issues that make this a compelling story, one that give a rich and detailed portrayal of the terrain and all its historic and contemporary turmoil.
Mr. Harmon writes in the style of Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler.
As a long time follower of events in the Mid-East and a staunch supporter of the Geneva Accord, I found F.J. Harmon's work, FOR WHAT IS SACRED, a revealing look into the strains that exist between Israel and Palestine from the perspective of persons whose love for each other crosses the divide but doesn't transcend the tragic forces that govern that part of the world. There is corruption, duplicity, and greed but there is nationalism, patriotism, biblical literalness and identity issues that make this a compelling story, one that give a rich and detailed portrayal of the terrain and all its historic and contemporary turmoil.
Mr. Harmon writes in the style of Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler.
August 4, 2013
In the style of Tom Clancy, Mr.Harmon writes a remarkable story filled with intrigue, Mystery, family loyalty, and Romance amid the deeply emotional religious battle for the "promised land" of Palestine. What makes this story so absorbing is the very real characters, both good and bad, Mr. Harmon brought to life through their own desires and search for truth.
For what is Sacred, had enough twists, turns, and surprises to keep me wanting more.
For what is Sacred, had enough twists, turns, and surprises to keep me wanting more.
December 14, 2015
As the conflict between Israel and Palestine re-ignites, family and friendships are called into question as terrorists aim to spread fear and un-rest.
I thought this book had a slow start, but about 100 pages in the pace picked up and I became grabbed by the thriller elements of the story. The characters were good and the plot had plenty of twists and turns, but some of the writing could have been tighter.
Overall this was a good thriller.
I thought this book had a slow start, but about 100 pages in the pace picked up and I became grabbed by the thriller elements of the story. The characters were good and the plot had plenty of twists and turns, but some of the writing could have been tighter.
Overall this was a good thriller.
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