Set in Cairo in 1942 menaced by Rommels tanks, steaming intrigue spiced with a gorgeous belly dancer a stoic British hero, the courageous Jewish girl he recruits and a master Nazi spy.

Typical Follett spy thriller. Page-turning intrigue with a smattering of romance. The closer you get to the end, the harder it is to put it down!

Ken Follet never disappoints. My only complaint about this book is that it just wasn't long enough. It was hard to put down, and until close to the end, I was cheering for both the "good guy" and the "bad guy" - both characters were that interesting. Feel free to email with any questions. ~LeAnn

Set in Cairo in 1942, menaced by Rommel's tanks...steaming intrigue spiced with a gorgeous belly dancer, a stoic Brithish hero, the courageous Jewish girl he recruits and a Nazi spy.

Fast paced, exciting, intelligent, and romantic!

Good Follett.

Set in Cairo in 1942 with a combination of your Stoic British Hero, a spicy belly dancer, a nice Jewish girl and,of course, your master Nazi Spy. A good read.

I've read almost all of Ken Follett's books and would rate this as his second best, behind Pillars of the Earth, and right up there with Eye of the Needle. It has the usual stock elements found in any thriller: an admirable hero, a despicable villain, a vulnerable but brave young girl, but infuses them with real humanity and builds to a crackling and suspenseful climax. As in other Follett books, he makes the conflict many-layered: The hero (Major Van Damme) wants to apprehend the villain (Alex Wolf) not only because it can have an effect on the progress of the second World War in Egypt, but because they have a past together, and because the girl he is falling in love with has been used as "bait" for Wolf. Shades of Alfred Hitchcock's Notorious.
What I like about Follett's best work is that it really delivers the suspense and resolves the story in an incredibly satisfying way. Like many spy novels, there are contrived situations, but he "gets you to turn over the next page" (Ian Fleming's goal as author of the James Bond books) so eagerly that you just want to see how it ends. His female characters are far from cardboard as well: both of them are fully realized. And, best of all, he makes everyone vulnerable; he knows that we can identify with characters that have strengths and weaknesses, instead of the usual cast of robots exchanging gunfire from speeding cars.
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Old copy with yellow pages, but in good condition other than that. Really exciting spy book. I enjoyed it very much.

Great book ,written by one of the best writers around today.Suspence,plot twists untill the final page

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