Absolution

A truly global novel, coursing at high speed from the prep schools of England to the jungles of Burma and the gem dealers of New York. An intricate, highly researched thriller about terrorism and fundamentalism in all their forms. Mohammed Sharif is a Kashmiri geologist and devout Muslim with revenge on his mind. Daniel Hutten is a Jewish gemstone expert in New York, indebted to an ultra right-wing faction. Christian Childe is a trader in Bangkok, whose wealthy grandfather is involved with neo-nazis. Sharif is invited to Burma by beautiful Suli Neng to retrieve emeralds for the Karen rebels who are fighting the military junta. But he wants to keep his miracle stone' for his own cause in Kashmir. When Sharif meets Christian Childe who knows Daniel Hutten, the three become unlikely allies. But there is a fatwa on Sharif's head, Daniel is in love with a Palestinian woman and the world will not let them be. Things reach a violent climax when a bomb goes off that will decide their fates...


Genre: Literary Fiction