A shamal is a violent sandstorm in the middle east. In Saudi Arabia of 1979, the Shah of Iran has just fallen. Russian tanks are ready to invade Afghanistan, and right in the middle is a major coup in Mecca against the King. Ex-US special ops veteran Chis Bonn is back as a burned out mercenary fighting his last war against a young Palestinian commando fighting his first. The author Frank Camper has lived and done what he writes about, to include the Mecca coup, witness to the rise of the last prophet in the blazing mosque. Shamal offers the reader history, truth, and excitement.