Savior's Day
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Jericho Glassman shrugged into the Israeli soldier’s camouflage fatigues and assumed the dead man’s post. A glance skyward. There was no sign that the thick overcast clouds would break up anytime soon. He was thankful for the gray veil of cover, assured that his presence had a better chance of going undetected. At least he’d be safe for a while, and a while was all the time he needed. Jericho snatched the telescopic sight he had hidden inside the air conditioning condenser weeks earlier and jiggled it onto the mounting of the dead man’s rifle. He couldn’t believe his luck when he went unchallenged onto the roof the first time. He had scaled the stairs with the authority of belonging there, found the door to the roof locked which slowed him down in the time it takes to muscle open a stubborn jar, and then stood akimbo staring at the Wailing Wall. The Wall was a two thousand year old ochre-colored brick edifice built of Jerusalem limestone only a short sprint away. “It must happen at the Wall,” the Voices urged him. Commanded him. He had been hearing them from time to time, but in recent weeks, the frequency had increased. The Voices gave guidance. Comfort. They gave him strength when he needed it and greater focus. It was time to set matters right. Jericho did not challenge the Voices or ask, “Why?” He knew why. It started here, and it must end here. In Jerusalem. At the Wailing Wall. Where the Second Temple once stood. The logic was impeccable. The Voices were always right. Now, an unexpected turn of events would enable him to complete his mission. Their mission. The Voices’ mission for him. For without Jericho Glassman, what would happen to the world? Who would reset the balance back to right?
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Savior’s Day is a work of fiction taken out of today’s headlines. Cardinal Arnold Ford, head of the Archdiocese of New York, witnesses a murder on the steps of St. Patrick’s Cathedral. With the old man’s dying breath, he hands the Cardinal a sliver of ancient parchment to keep and protect. What follows is a tale woven from an open case that Israel’s vaunted spy agency, the Mossad, is afraid to solve. What do they fear? How can the lost pages of an ancient treasure threaten the very existence of the State of Israel?
LeShana Thompkins, the NYPD detective assigned to the homicide, interviews Cardinal Ford. As the investigation unfolds, LeShana is conflicted whether to reveal secrets about the priest’s past that his adopted missionary parents hid from him. Ford is stunned. He learns from the Detective who his biological father was, what role his father played in history, and how his own DNA primes the priest for the challenge of a lifetime: to broker a Middle East Peace agreement.
Savior’s Day is by turns a suspense thriller that fictionalizes history into a modern-day drama that will keep you at the proverbial edge of your seat. Surprise after surprise leaps off the pages, based on true facts that will amaze.
Move over DaVinci Code, Savior’s Day has arrived!
Jericho lay prostrate, left elbow on the flat stone rimming the roof, gunstock against his shoulder, the barrel under the barb wired encircling the building, finger on the trigger, pulse at a steady fifty-six beats. All that was required was the missing Element who was now approaching the East Gate of Jerusalem’s old city. By some, it was aptly referred to as the Gate of Mercy.
Across the way, hidden in a minaret all thought safe, secure, and unoccupied, Zakkarhia ibn Mohammed took aim. In moments he would put a hole through the madness centered around these absurd missing pages written on ancient parchment.
And then it happened. Two shots rang out. Pandemonium erupted. In the spit of a flash, soldiers rushed to form a tight ring around the Trinity plus Two. It was too late.
The indelible, unchangeable, irrevocable act occurred on what would be forever known as Savior’s Day.
About the Author
Alan A. Winter has previously published two novels: “Someone Else’s Son” and “Snowflakes in the Sahara,” and wrote a screenplay, “Polly,” which received honorable mention in the Austin Film Festival. Polly is the basis for Alan’s next novel, “Island Bluffs.” Alan graduated from Rutgers with a degree in history, which he uses to weave complex tales that have a knack for leaping off of today’s headlines. Alan, one of those richly gifted people that he blogs about, practices periodontics in NYC.
For more information, visit: www.alanwinter.com