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One man’s concern about the explosive standoff that dominates the current Middle East conflict is the catalyst for The Countershaded Ibex, a new novel from Andrew Warren. It is a thrilling adventure in the mold of the most exciting exploits of Indiana Jones. Combining historical, biblical and present-day political realities and filled with nail-biting action, romantic interludes, murder, acts of terrorism, and Vatican secrets, the novel takes the reader on a roller-coaster ride across three continents and into the darkest corners of the human mind. The plot begins when Max Gilbert, a renowned professor of Middle Eastern studies and intrepid explorer, receives a middle-of-the-night phone call from a stranger who claims to know the secret of the vast buried treasure described in one of the Dead Sea scrolls. Since its discovery in 1952, this Dead Sea scroll, known as the Copper Scroll, has thrust archeologists and treasure hunters into a frantic search for the unimaginable riches of Herod’s Temple. Yet, so far no one has been able to find the treasure, but all that is about to change. Max’s quest, which might be reminiscent to some readers of symbologist Robert Langdon’s in Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code, filled with constant danger and shocking revelations, is further threatened by today’s deadly Middle East political and religious collision courses. In his efforts, Max relies on his two close associates, Rebecca Logan, a Catholic nun and expert cryptologist, and Avram Rifkin, a Hassidic Jew and ardent opponent of the State of Israel. The book’s title, The Countershaded Ibex, came from the name of the magnificent mountain goat found only in the Judean hills whose color closely matches its barren, rust-hued landscape. In other words, someone can be looking at a countershaded ibex and not see it; to see it, one needs to observe it patiently in a skewed, singular manner. This paradox of concealment in plain sight is the motif that runs throughout the book.
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About the Author:
ANDREW WARREN first came to the United States from his native Romania at age seventeen, and following his father’s wishes, became an engineer. His engineering career now behind him, he teaches literature and composition writing at a New York-area college and runs a creative writing workshop at a senior center on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. He lives with his wife Robyn in Greenwich Village. Andrew has two grown children, Judy and Alex, from a previous marriage. He has written two other works of fiction, Greta’s Passage, a novel, and Stinky Nothing and Other Stories of My Youth, a collection of short stories; both will be published later this spring. The Countershaded Ibex is his first published work. He’s at work on a novel about academia. When not teaching or writing, Andrew is busy with his newest passion – photography.
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- PublisherIbex Media
- Publication date2014
- ISBN 10 0991494423
- ISBN 13 9780991494422
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number2
- Number of pages404
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