The Syrian - 9781960250636

The Syrian is a powerful contemporary novel of passion and betrayal, setagainst the brutal and bewildering outbreak of the Israeli-Hezbollah war inLebanon, 2006.Nadia, a woman who has waited 13 years for a husband who was 'disappeared'by Lebanon's occupier, the Syrians, finally decides to declare him dead andallow herself happiness with an American physician, Andrew Sullivan.Nadia's best friend, Sonia, a well connected foreign correspondent, is outto get Andrew for herself and draws in the powerful head of the Syriansecret police, Hassan Jaafar, to assist in her Byzantine manipulations.Professionally, Sonia is also on a mission to discover who really murderedthe popular Lebanese prime minister, Rafic Hariri, the discovery of which would hugely embarrass the Americans and their main Middle East ally.Hassan Jaafar has loved Nadia since she was a student at the AmericanUniversity of Beirut. She discouraged his attentions because he was part ofthe Syrian occupation of her country. His love for Nadia has not dissipatedin the 15 Years since she rejected him and married her professor, but now as Syria's Intelligence Chief he is very dangerous and influential. Sonia mayor may not know what she has unleashed upon her friend.The novel opens when Nadia, relaxing at her parents' Beirut home, excitedly awaiting the arrival of her fiancé Andrew. In the middle of her happiness Sonia ringsand tells her not only that Elie is still alive in a Damascus prison, butthat Sonia has set in motion the possibility of a meeting between Nadia andJaafar. From here the reader turns the pages furiously as the plot twistsand turns, becoming increasingly dangerous and bloody, as the borderconflict escalates with the book's protagonists having retreated to thesouth of Lebanon for safety.

• | Author: Cathy Sultan
• | Publisher: Calumet Editions
• | Publication Date: Jan 23, 2023
• | Number of Pages: 302 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1960250639
• | ISBN-13: 9781960250636