Last One Standing

A Novel

They pulled over to the side of a wide road and Yaron killed the lights, hiding their black car under the inky dark night. Yaron pointed out the towering home down the street, surrounded by tall stone walls.
“Not trying to fly beneath the radar, hmm?” Yaron moved his seat back and propped his legs up on the dashboard.
“No,” Lior answered shortly.
But Yaron was clearly not finished chatting. “Do you think that the chemical shipment you found will be enough to implicate Dakhir Tahan?”
“I don’t know.”
“What do you make of Sahir saying Niazi left the country?”
Lior didn’t respond.
Yaron chuckled. “Are you always like this?”
“Well, considering that my wife and daughter’s lives aren’t usually hanging in peril, then I’ll say no, I’m not always like this,” Lior replied angrily.

A misdirected missile kills several innocent civilians in the South Lebanon conflict… The entire Knesset is plunged into darkness—and the most valuable technological asset is stolen…
A sensational breakthrough in nuclear chemistry is discovered by one of Israel’s most fearsome enemies…  
The life and safety of Mossad agent Lior Golan and his family are threatened by one brilliant, menacing, and shadowy villain…
This is the story of the Golan family. It’s the story of five brothers bound by something even stronger than blood; the story of their personal challenges and the demons each of them has to fight. 
How far can one go until he breaks? How much guilt can a person hold before he implodes? How can one forgive those closest to him when they’ve stabbed him in the back? How can one who has been trained to fight without letup learn to accept and surrender, give up control to the only One Who’s really ever had it?
A spine-tingling thriller of bravery, commitment, sacrifice, and faith.

 By Menucha Ceitlin