{"product_id":"damascus-gate-9780547599380","title":"Damascus Gate","description":"\"A stunning novel by a great American writer.\"--\u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJerusalem: home to seekers, heretics, hustlers, and madmen of many faiths. In this most fractious city, a plot unfolds to bomb the sacred Temple Mount. \u003cbr\u003e 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. \u003cbr\u003e An explosive bestseller, \u003cem\u003eDamascus Gate\u003c\/em\u003e lays bare the dangers at the fringes of faith. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A transcendent thriller.\"--\u003cem\u003eTime\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Brims over with plots, subplots, and an impressive array of incisively drawn characters . . . The range of [Stone's] knowledge is spectacular.\"--\u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"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.\"--\u003cem\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eStone, Robert:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eROBERT STONE (1937-2015) was the acclaimed author of eight novels and two story collections, including \u003ci\u003eDog Soldiers, \u003c\/i\u003ewinner of the National Book Award, and\u003ci\u003e Bear and His Daughter, \u003c\/i\u003ea finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. His memoir, \u003ci\u003ePrime Green, \u003c\/i\u003ewas published in 2007.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Houghton Mifflin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50460379152658,"sku":"9780547599380","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_787edf73-f9c6-41cf-9956-f87460acf219.jpg?v=1730040429","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/damascus-gate-9780547599380","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}