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02390aam a2200349M 4500 001 0135F43252C411EE894C841732ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230914010022 008 230913s2023 oru 000 1 eng d 020 $a 9798200834983 035 $a (OCoLC)1365046862 040 $a YDX $b eng $c YDX $d DPL $d JCX $d SILO 084 $a F $b MAN 100 1 $a Mansur, Alberto, $e author. 245 10 $a Only the dead know peace $h [Book] / $c Alberto Mansur. 250 $a First edition. 264 1 $a Ashland, Oregon : $b Blackstone Publishing, $c 2023. 300 $a 334 pages ; $c 24 cm. 365 $a 01 $b 32.00 520 $a In Israel and Palestine, as religious and political tensions boil, people's lives touch each other, weaving a tangled web of passion, violence, intrigue, and manipulation. 520 $a In the spirit of The Cartel, The Little Drummer Girl, and I Am Pilgrim, Alberto Mansur's debut thriller offers a bracing, wide-angle portrait of the fence dividing Israel and Palestine, the most controversial border on earth. It follows a diverse cast of characters as they fight for love, belief, country, and power. In Israel and Palestine, religious and political tensions are boiling, threatening to explode an untenable status quo. A renowned baker and his son are at odds, one turning his back on Allah, the other determined to prove himself worthy of God's love. A rich playboy shatters his life in the States and joins Israel's special forces searching for purpose and meaning. An Israeli vixen with a tragic past and a penchant for violence finds herself torn between her work for the Russian mob and the people she loves. And a charismatic Jewish leader starts a movement with the most surprising goal of all. In Only the Dead Know Peace, these characters and more touch each other's lives as they weave a tangled web of passion, violence, intrigue, and political and religious manipulation.-- Book jacket. 650 0 $a Arab-Israeli conflict $v Fiction. 651 0 $a Israel $x Boundaries $v Fiction. 651 0 $a Israel $x Social conditions $v Fiction. 651 0 $a Palestine $x Social conditions $v Fiction. 655 7 $a Political fiction. 655 7 $a Thrillers (Fiction). 655 7 $a Suspense fiction. 941 $a 1 952 $l KSPG296 $d 20230914010431.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=0135F43252C411EE894C841732ECA4DB 994 $a Z0 $b BUPInitiate Another SILO Locator Search