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A noirish, deeply felt novel of intrigue and identity written in O'Nan's trademark lucent style, City of Secrets asks how both despair and faith can lead us astray, and what happens when, with the noblest intentions, we join movements beyond our control. By the time Brand understands the truth, it's too late, and the tragedy that ensues changes history. He falls in love with Eva, a fellow survivor and member of his cell, reclaims his faith, and commits himself to the revolution, accepting secret missions that grow more and more dangerous even as he begins to suspect he's being used by their cell's dashing leader, Asher. Alone, haunted by memories, he tries to become again the man he was before the war honest, strong, capable of moral choice. Now driving a taxi provided like his new identity by the underground, he navigates the twisting streets of Jerusalem as well as the overlapping, sometimes deadly loyalties of the resistance.
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City of Secrets follows one survivor, Brand, as he tries to regain himself after losing everyone he's ever loved. City of Secrets: A Novel Paperback Apby Stewart O'Nan (Author) 96 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle 11.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0.00 Free with your Audible trial Hardcover 3.90 58 Used from 0.32 30 New from 2.99 5 Collectible from 12. Those who made it were hunted as illegals by the British mandatory authorities there and relied on the underground to shelter them taking fake names, they blended with the population, joining the wildly different factions fighting for the independence of Israel.
In 1945, with no homes to return to, Jewish refugees by the tens of thousands set out for Palestine. Stewart was born and raised in Nova Scotia, Canada and still calls it home. In this ingeniously crafted novel, acclaimed New York Times bestselling author Trenton Lee Stewart invites readers to join the adventure, decipher the clues. From master storyteller Stewart O'Nan, a timely moral thriller of the Jewish underground resistance in Jerusalem after the Second World War. A steadfast and proud sci-fi and fantasy geek, A.
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