The Key of Damascus is about Brad Scott a businessman man in his mid thirties who works for an American firm living in Brussels, Belgium. His travels have taken him to the majority of western European countries, The Middle East and Africa.
In 1999 he decides to put together his own vacation in Israel. During his holidays and unknown to him, he becomes an unwilling pawn in a bizarre game. He’s confused by the unexplained events that keep popping up around him. Throughout the book he’s totally oblivious that he’s the focal point around which the game is evolving. He believes that the whole thing is just someone’s poor sense of humor. Brad has no idea where these disturbing events are taking him.
The book follows the vacationer through some ancient places in Israel and Europe. Some strange people covet a certain Key and offer large sums of money for it. They keep harassing him even though the tourist does not possess the item. These weird people crop up unexpectedly at the strangest moments and will do anything to get the relic.
One of the women involved tries to seduce him in an effort to gain the treasure at any cost, while another one tries to save him from his own vices.
He acquires the prize without knowing it and finally understands what the whole game is all about.
The tale winds through Israel, Belgium, and Germany. To stop this deadly play Brad must go back to Jerusalem to get rid of the object that has troubled him for the last six months almost costing him his life. He returns to Jerusalem where he finally frees himself of the ‘cursed’ object so that he can return to his normal life.
The Key of Damascus is about Brad Scott a businessman man in his mid thirties who works for an American firm living in Brussels, Belgium.His travels have taken him to the majority of western European countries, The Middle East and Africa.
In 1999 he decides to put together his own vacation in Israel. During his holidays and unknown to him, he becomes an unwilling pawn in a bizarre game.He’s confused by the unexplained events that keep popping up around him.Throughout the book he’s totally oblivious that he’s the focal point around which the game is evolving. He believes that the whole thing is just someone’s poor sense of humor. Brad has no idea where these disturbing events are taking him.
The book follows the vacationer through some ancient places in Israel and Europe.Some strange people covet a certain Key and offer large sums of money for it.They keep harassing him even though the tourist does not possess the item.These weird people crop up unexpectedly at the strangest moments and will do anything to get the relic.
One of the women involved tries to seduce him in an effort to gain the treasure at any cost, while another one tries to save him from his own vices.
Heacquires the prize without knowing it and finally understands what the whole game is all about.
The tale winds through Israel, Belgium, and Germany.To stop this deadly play Brad must go back to Jerusalem to get rid of the object that has troubled him for the last six months almost costing him his life. He returns to Jerusalem where he finally frees himself of the ‘cursed’ object so that he can return to his normal life
Excerpt
“As I was saying she came out of nowhere and after some preliminaries she asked me about the Key. She had heard that it is on the market to the highest bidder. While she was beautiful there was something sinister about her. I can’t put my finger on it, but even though I was fascinated with her she also gave me the creeps. She had a coffee with me and then just walked off saying that we would meet again. She also called me by name. By the time I realized that I hadn’t told her who I was and decided to ask her about it, she had rounded that corner over there, which as you can see is no more than a dozen steps away. I called after her and ran to ask her how she found out my name, but as I turned the corner there was no one around. I checked every angle, but no luck. You can see that there is no place where she could have disappeared so quickly.”
Nachman looked around and took a sip out of his cup. “I’m not trying to be funny, or insult you, but these ancient places sometimes have a weird effect on people.”
“So what are you saying? I have become delusional and have hallucinations? What about the coffee she drank? How do you explain it? I had to make another pot when you came back.”
“Of course not. Sometimes the mind plays tricks on you. We’ve all had it happen to us.”
Then he tried to reassure me. “As far as the creepy feeling; I know how it feels because I felt the same thing when we saw those two journalists.”
There was a long silence then he stirred the fire with a stick.
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