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
Cable sent from US Embassy in Moscow to State Department
Cable sent from US Embassy in Moscow to State Department regarding my arrest in the USSR.
Interview with Words Are My Craft
I am very excited and privileged to host an interview with Howard Kaplan… Here he discusses his experiences writing a novel, what research such a novel requires, and the processes behind transforming his story from the page to the big screen.
US Review on THE DAMASCUS COVER
Kaplan spins an intricately nuanced plot that bobs and weaves between trepidation and treachery.