The Damascus Cover

I read this book in the early 1990's, finding a hardback copy in a used book store (you know you've hit it big as an author when your books is in those kind of stores years after its first publication). Ari Ben-Sion is a veteran Israeli agent enjoying leisure time on Cyprus. In the company of a beaut......more

3.5 stars. The Damascus Cover is a spy thriller which certainly holds your attention throughout. Ari Ben-Sion is certainly a very intriguing character who I would have liked to have known more about, he is certainly a good agent that seems to have more values than most in his profession. Kim is also a......more

Although written in 1977 it doesn't feel dated. It's a real page turner but quite gruesome in parts.......more

The Damascus Cover by my friend Howard Kaplan is a spy thriller that has twists and turns, a race against time, and duplicitous characters where no one can really be trusted. An agent and spy for Mossad is on a secret mission to save children in Syria from the Baath party who are persecuting and oft......more