A former nuclear engineer, David Hall, believes that Masada, an ancient historical site in Israel, hides a treasure of immense historical value and he’s determined to find it. What he doesn’t know is that Masada also holds a modern secret that could threaten regional stability.After months of bureaucratic intransigence he’s finally given permission to visit the holy site, but he’s not allowed to dig. David Hall’s desire to violate this limitation sets the story in motion, including being assigned a beautiful, yet troubled minder for the visit to Masada and stirs fear among certain elements of the Israeli security apparatus.The pace is steady and for good reason. Mr. Deutermann allows the tale and the primary characters to propel the story, not explosive action. It is a well told and well written and worthy of any reader who likes to dabble in historical fiction, enjoys a good mystery or is enthralled with Israeli history.Does the boy get the girl and are all Masada’s secrets revealed? You’ll have to read it to find out. A story about a quest for lost Jewish treasures from the time of Herod.The story would earn 4 stars from me, but the prose knocks it down the 3. I'm afraid the author was a bit too loquacious about the details of archaeological investigate, which tended to distract from the story of the people and his findings. Those details are probably interesting to archaeologists, but not to the average reader.
What do You think about The Last Man (2012)?
Workmanlike, not very exciting thriller that centers on Masada, about which you will learn a lot.
—Karoline
This one got a bit fanciful, but had some interesting history of Israel.
—Sill
Pretty good mystery/thriller. It's fun, and it's holding my interest.
—Nthomas81
Downloaded from Audible Thoroughly enjoyed this on audible.
—arguealex
Great history / fiction. Also a thriller read.
—martaangel8
