The Imam of the Cave

When men and material start to disappear—UN personnel and their vehicles in Cyprus, the inspectors and their vehicles in Iraq, a patrol boat in Russia, and a nuclear missile in western China. The United Nations Security Council becomes alarmed and must act.

They discover that a potent nerve agent was used to kidnap the inspectors and, apparently, the material in other countries. Using high-altitude intelligence, they focus their search on an area in the Great Syrian Desert.

William Holden, the Chief of the United Nations Special Commission in Baghdad, receives a photograph and coordinates of a transporter entering a cave. He organizes a select group of his inspectors to make a clandestine foray into the desert.

Holden receives unexpected help from the UN Investigative Agency in the person of alluring redheaded operative Gloria Caruthers. A former agent for British Intelligence, Gloria works for the United Nations Investigative Agency. She plays a critical role in Holden's quest to recover the missing inspectors.

Holden and members of an ancient Bedouin tribe use each other-Holden to avenge his men, and the tribe to repossess its lost heirloom? Tribal member Sabah Al Ahmed, who is also an operative of the Israeli Mossad, wants to use both Holden and the tribe to recover Israel's lost nerve agent and keep it from Israel's enemies.

Gloria's covert return to Bagdad, will have a pivotal role in the outcome.

The Imam of the Cave is the prequel to Gamal's Assassin.

This novel was originally published as Prophecy of the Medallion.