Mathis doesn't believe in coincidence, which can only mean he's been under tight surveillance. He knows why. Since his teenage days he's realised he's a potential target for those wishing to exploit his unique talents for venal or national security reasons.
It's why he's been so obsessed with secrecy. He'd hoped working in a dull job like accountancy would provide a further blanket of security. And for 30 years it had.
The masked men arrived in the early hours of a Paris morning, smashing in the apartment door and waking loner Mathias Naphtali and his pied French bulldog Blithe-Lee. Cuffed, kidnapped and taken to an underground location, the brilliant Naphtali is presented with a challenge by the mysterious Le Capitaine, a challenge that has eluded the best minds for decades. How to solve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Set in France, Israel and Jordan, this intelligent, deeply researched story of courage, brinkmanship and compassion weaves historical fact into a compelling thriller, with not a shot fired.
Consultant rheumatologist and pain physician Mark Awerbuch, FRCP, FFPMANZCA, was the author of three books, including the bestseller Live Stronger Live Longer, and numerous articles published in peer-reviewed scientific journals. Mark, who lived with his wife Jill in the Adelaide Hills, died in 2021.