Synopses & Reviews
April 2003: an Iraqi boy loots an ancient clay tablet from a long-forgotten vault in the Baghdad Museum of Antiquities.
Years later, at a rally for the signing of a historic deal between Israel and the Palestinians, a suspected assassin pushes through the crowd toward the Israeli prime minister. Bodyguards shoot the man dead. But in his hand there is no gun—only a blood-stained note.
A series of seemingly random revenge killings follows and tensions boil over. Washington calls in star peace-negotiator Maggie Costello. With her relationship in trouble and old sins to atone for, Maggie finds herself in an impossible situation, especially when she discovers the murders are not random. Someone is killing archaeologists and historians—those who know the buried secrets of the ancient past.
Menaced on all sides by violent extremists, Costello is plunged into a mystery rooted in the last unsolved riddle of the Bible. The truth could end hostilities—or spark the war to end all wars.
Synopsis
From the "New York Times"-bestselling author of "The Righteous Men" comes this brilliantly layered religious conspiracy thriller set against the backdrop of the world's bitterest international conflict.
Synopsis
Set against the backdrop of the world's most bitter international conflict,
The Last Testament is a brilliantly layered conspiracy thriller from Sam Bourne, author of the
New York Times bestseller
The Righteous Men. Jeffery Deaver, author of
Cold Moon, has called Bourne's writing, -thoroughly enjoyable and compelling, - and fans of Dan Brown, Raymond Khoury, and Daniel Pearl will eagerly devour this ingenious blend of religious and political intrigue. Nebraska's
Lincoln Journal Star calls
The Last Testament, -A bloody well-done tale and it might even some day be true.-
Synopsis
Set against the backdrop of the worlds most bitter international conflict, The Last Testament is a brilliantly layered conspiracy thriller from Sam Bourne, author of the New York Times bestseller The Righteous Men. Jeffery Deaver, author of Cold Moon, has called Bournes writing, “thoroughly enjoyable and compelling,” and fans of Dan Brown, Raymond Khoury, and Daniel Pearl will eagerly devour this ingenious blend of religious and political intrigue. Nebraskas Lincoln Journal Star calls The Last Testament, “A bloody well-done tale and it might even some day be true.”
About the Author
Sam Bourne is the literary pseudonym of Jonathan Freedland, an award-winning British journalist and broadcaster. He is a weekly columnist for the
Guardian (UK), having served as that papers Washington correspondent. His work has appeared in the
New York Times, the
New York Review of Books, the
Los Angeles Times, the
Washington Post,
Newsweek, and the
New Republic. He is a regular contributor to the
Jewish Chronicle (UK) and presents BBC Radio 4s contemporary history series
The Long View.
Bourne is the author of the New York Times and number one UK bestseller The Righteous Men, which has been translated into twenty-eight languages, and The Last Testament. He has also written two nonfiction works, Jacobs Gift and Bring Home the Revolution. He lives in London with his wife and two children.