Sand Devil: A Negev Trilogy

The heat of the Negev desert is captured in this collection of three novels by author-diplomat-historian Michael Oren. In House of Bondage, an escaped murderer holds a young woman hostage. In The Maestro of Yerucham, a Russian violinist finds a girl he believes to be the heir to his talents. In Sand Devil, the adolescent son of a fundamentalist family discovers the terrifying secrets of the desert.

“A craftsman with a quick eye showing ordinary people chained to the madness and passions of their lives.” - The Jerusalem Report