A Walk in the Darkness [Audio Cassette]

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• Audio Cassette
• Publisher: Recorded Books LLC; Unabridged edition (2001)
• Language: English
• ASIN: 0788772430
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,599,307 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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23 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent political thriller, April 2, 2000

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Harriet Klausner - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Walk in the Darkness (Ben Kamal and Danielle Barnea Novels) (Hardcover)

Ben Kamal grew up in the United States, married an American woman, and had children with her. The disappearance of his brother had minimal impact on Ben because he led a contented happy life. His satisfying lifestyle abruptly ended when a psychopath murdered his family. A distraught Ben returned to his ancestral home in Israel, becoming a detective for the Palestini government. His is unable to shed his feelings of isolation and loneliness until he falls in love with Chief Inspector Danielle Barnea of Israel's National Police Force. They forge a relationship out of love despite the hostilities of their warring people. When Danielle discovers she is pregnant, she decides to raise the child by herself rather than alienate Israeli society.

However, Danielle and Ben are forced to work together on a case involving twelve murdered archeologists. The investigation takes a personal twist for Ben when one of the victims turns out to be his nephew. Danielle and Ben soon learn that the archeologists found an ancient box buried in a cave that contained information that could destroy the foundation of the Catholic Church. Soon the law enforcement couple find themselves on the run from zealots guarding a secret that forces them to kill those who come too close to discovering the truth they want to keep hidden.

This political thriller starts out at the speed of a supersonic jet and just gets tenser and faster until the story line completes its unexpected but believable run. A WALK IN THE DARKNESS is a novel of high drama and emotional poignancy that provides the audience an opportunity to understand many aspects of the culture, religion, and politics of Palestinians inside the framework of the Israeli government. Jon Land continues to write tales that place him along side genre greats like Cussler, Clancy, and DeMille.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Silly and insulting, May 10, 2001

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Dave from Chicago "D.W." (Chicago, IL USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Walk In The Darkness (Ben Kamal and Danielle Barnea Novels) (Mass Market Paperback)

This is one of the worst novels I have picked up in a long time. The action scenes are cartoonish. The characters are unrealistically smart and ridiculously stupid, sometimes on the same page. The author seems to have developed his Middle East perspective in the propoganda office of Yasser Arafat. While most insulting to Jews, Mr. Land appears to be an equal opportunity insulter. Palestinians and Catholics will likewise be displeased in the way Mr. Land portrays them. Mr. Land has a childishly unrealistic view of the current political scene in the Middle East. I am sorry I wasted my time on this silly, poorly written, poorly researched work.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Silly and far-fetched, November 5, 2004

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pencilfairy (Ohio) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Walk In The Darkness (Ben Kamal and Danielle Barnea Novels) (Mass Market Paperback)

The notion that the Swiss Guards of the Vatican contain a bunch of latter-day Knights Templar who operate as commando assasins in defence of the Church, to the extent that anyone who even suspects the existence of an ancient scroll that "debunks" Christ's ressurrection must be exterminated, is too goofy to take seriously. The idea that the whole of Christianity would be turned on its ear because an ancient historian scribbled some notes about a Jewish/Roman conspiracy, as though everyone in the world would instantly take that bit of crumbling parchment as irrefutable gospel, is much too weak a nail on which to hang the majority of the ponderous plot. If this book were deliberately tongue-in-cheek and over-the-top, I could accept characters who are actually just caricatures, but Land is no Ian Fleming; he seems to expect us to take these people <seriously>, even if they have all the depth of a cardboard cutout. The protagonists struggle with tedious introspections and dreary memories when they're not too busy with international chases, kidnappings, exploding oil rigs, dangling from helicopters, grappling for the detonator...you get the idea. A heap of cliches, topped with a thin sauce of Mid-Eastern politics.