From Apple TV's Tehran co-creator, Emmy award-winner Maor Kohn's debut novel delivers a fast-paced, blink-and-you'll-miss-it espionage caper that will make fans of Baldacci, Hayes, and Flynn feel right at home.
Who is attacking infrastructure facilities in Israel, Dubai, and Egypt?
Who stole millions from banks around the Middle East, and for what purpose?
Who leads millions of `freedom fighters` worldwide?
Who is behind the dreaded "doomsday" scenario?
Who is The Assyrian ?
ISA agent and criminologist Yael Lavie has seen more than enough death and suffering throughout her illustrious career. But after losing her husband in a bomb attack, her work takes on a much deeper, personal meaning.
When she is called to investigate a series of cybersecurity attacks that leave numerous governments exposed, Yael's instincts immediately take over. Everything leads her back to one man - The Assyrian.
The Assyrian is a shadow, moving undetected from one place to another, wreaking havoc and political turmoil in his wake.
Yael and her team must work with both friends and foes to bring him and his army of sympathizers to justice before they deliver another concussive blow to the self-consuming, war-ravaged Middle East. But the closer she gets, the more The Assyrian seems to slip away. And the longer she hunts him down. the more it feels like she's the hunted.
