The Sword

by Daniel Easterman

BALANCING THE FATE OF THE WORLD ON THE EDGE OF ITS BLADE 'His Heart was beating like a drum at dawn. Something clawed at his stomach, something with talons from his worst nightmares.’ An invitation to visit one of Cairo's antiquarian booksellers sets in train a series of terrifying ordeals for Jack Goodrich. Having been shown a priceless sword claimed to have belonged to the Prophet Muhammad, Jack returns home brimming with excitement. But that's when the nightmare begins… A dangerous new movement within the ranks of fundamentalist Islam wish to put a new Caliph on the throne, to rule the Muslim world. To do this they require the Sword, and they will stop at nothing to get it. With the deadliest of weapons in his hands, if the new Caliph were to declare jihad, the consequences would be catastrophic. A tense and gripping thriller on a truly international scale that poses a chilling how can you stop a holy war before it starts? Praise for Daniel Easterman 'Daniel Easterman has a string of taut, exotically plotted, international thrillers to his credit... He can weave a web of suspense, laced with historical and mythological reference that baits the imagination, satisfactorily embroidered with bullet holes and bloodshed. All cracking examples of the genre'—The Times 'Daniel Easterman's thrillers are never less than enthralling, elegantly written and frighteningly credible'—Val McDermid

Genres: Thriller

308 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2008

About the author

A pseudonym used by Denis M. MacEoin (aka Jonathan Aycliffe).

Reviews

[Adrienne · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5. Whoa! A wonderful historical fiction read. Well researched. David Easterman, of interest, studied Persian, Arabic and Islamic studies. Additionally he lectured at Fez University of Morocco. This understanding of Islamic culture and religion was strongly reflected in the story. Especially the fanaticism that the religion can engender.
Essentially the storyline concerns how a Holy war can arise. Can it be stopped before it starts? A British agent us on the trail - with a few key players to aid his goal of stopping a Holy war.

[Nigel · Rating 4 out of 5]

I have not read any Daniel Easter man books before but will certainly be reading more. A very well told story on a familiar theme of death and destruction for the world.Interesting facts and sub plots make a real page turner the only disappointing part was the end which seemed to tie everything up in the space of a chapter, that said I would still thoroughly recommend this book.

[Susan Freeman · Rating 4 out of 5]

So enjoyed this book from the shocks & twists at the start thru to the end, found it hard to put down. Not overloaded with characters so was able to follow the story easily. Look forward to another by this author.

[Poobalan · Rating 4 out of 5]

action packed

[Nuria Colomina Gomis · Rating 5 out of 5]

Obra de ficción espeluznante en cuanto al tema que trata. No obstante hace que te replantees muchas cosas.

[Len · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another interesting book by Daniel Easterman describing the discovery of a sword that was considered by some to be essential to the establishment of a new caliphate.

[Liliana Reynoso · Rating 2 out of 5]

It was ok until the last hundred pages or so, towards the ending: I think it was very rushed in. I felt in a roller coaster where the anticipation and the rythm of the book lead to an impressive and unforgetable ending... and it wasn't. Such a waste. The beggining of the book was good because you could see, the bad boys wheren't fooling around; but.... some things in the middle of the book involving hacking, militar knowledge and so on was very unrealistic in the mean of who had it a how. The ending though... and what happened to Rashid, i don't know... it didn't quite came to the height of things. It's more like two stars and a half, but I most say this author has the talent to transport you to places very well, although sometimes it trew a descriptive paragraph in a page where the action was on point and you only wanted to know what happened next, not if the sand reflected something or things like that. It was a little distracting sometimes, but good, nevertheless.

A last thing, really? all the women around the main character are super beautiful and have hacking habilities? really? I think this is borderline hollywood style. Well, towards the end too, the book really turned out to be very hollywoodesque.

[La Revistería Comics · Rating 3 out of 5]

Daniel Easterman posee en su haber una larga lista de thrillers cargados de tensión, con tramas exóticas e internacionales... Es capaz de tejer redes de intriga sostenidas en referencias históricas y mitológicas que desafían la imaginación, sólidamente unidas por agujeros de bala y derramamientos de sangre. Cada uno de sus libros es un ejemplo perfecto del género.
Dijo don Juan Carlos The Times.

[Marian Reynoso · Rating 4 out of 5]

Me permitio conocer cosas, cultura, lenguaje y otros del medio oriente!!