What Readers are saying about THE SYRIAN SUNSET
“For a terrifying book, Howard Kaplan’s The Syrian Sunset is a surprisingly enjoyable read. I couldn’t put it down, but at the same time I found the historical information the story is based on deeply disturbing.“
“Few authors are able to take you both inside the minds and hearts of protagonists, while creating a sense of place that is so visual it is almost cinematic.”
“Kaplan has created some very funny and likable characters as he explores a very bitter subject. His political commentary is worth the read.”
“A stunner. A book about culture and barbarism; mankind’s ability to survive and its inexplicable inhumanity to others; the history of a region and its systematic demolition; love and treachery.”
Los Angeles Times
“This is a thriller in the best tradition by an author who knows the Middle East like the back of his hand”
BBC News
“The plotting is beautiful.”
Library Journal
“The unfolding of the plot within a plot are handled … with skill and a sure sense of the dramatic.”
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
“It’s suspense all the way through.”
ABOUT
At the age of 21, Howard Kaplan was sent on a mission into the Soviet Union to smuggle a dissident’s manuscript on microfilm to London.
NEWS
Arrested by the KBG in Russia
When I was 22, I walked along a memorized route from the Hotel Metropole, where I was staying, through nearby Red Square and soon, on a narrow street adjacent to the square, approached an apartment door.
Photos from set in Casablanca
Photos from the set in Casablanca
After 40 Years, Howard Kaplan’s “The Damascus Cover” Hits Theaters
If achievement is a mélange of skill, perseverance and luck, along the way I’ve had periods of fierce drive, missed great opportunities and been the recipient of incredible luck.