Showing results for "The Third Temple" in Literature & Fiction

In a near-future Jerusalem, harrowing omens plague the city: a desecrated altar, an unbearable stench, a rampant famine. Shaken but devout, Jonathan, the royal family's third son, continues to hold services and offer animal sacrifices at the prophesied Third Temple, built to consecrate the founding of the new Kingdom of Judah. His father, Israel's self-appointed king, has abolished the Supreme Court. The Torah is the law of the land, and only people of the Jewish faith are allowed in.

Strap in for the opening salvo of the ARISEN: Operators epic—the biggest and most explosive ARISEN adventure yet and the untold story of the pipe-hitting operators of the Unified Special Operations Command during the first two years of the Zulu Alpha. To have any chance of reaching safety in Fortress Britain, Master Sergeant Yaël Sion must first escape the collapsing gravity well of Israel as it's devoured from within by merciless jihadi fighters, striking in the chaos of rampaging hordes of infected civilians, all in a global pandemic spiraling out of control.

The dangerous, fanatical Imperial Order, under the leadership of the power-mad Emperor Jagang and his multitude of demonic underlings, unleashes a deadly plague. To find a cure, Richard Cypher and his beloved Kahlan Amnell must seek out the legendary Temple of the Winds, a fortress of evil sealed away for three thousand years. But the path of the Seeker of Truth is never an easy one - even if he can reach the Temple at all, there is no guarantee he'll ever return.

א.ב. יהושע מסתתר משועשע מאחורי הקלעים של המקדש השלישי, הנובלה הדיאלוגית הזאת ונוטש אותנו לנפשנו עם הדמויות, אך לא לפני שרקח עלילה מפולפלת של נְכלים רבניים סבוכים, בפאריז ובתל־אביב, עלילה שהוא מושך בחוטיה הצבעוניים ושודד למענה לפאריז חומרים מן הנובלה האיטלקית שלו, 'הבת היחידה', כדי להעמיד אותם לבסוף, כעבור שנים רבות, על ראשם בתל־אביב.