The Black Widow follows the
exploits of Gabriel Allon, Israeli spy and art restorer. After ISIS took responsibility for an act of
terrorism in Paris, which killed a friend of his, Allon is tapped to find the mastermind
responsible. The terrorist is called
Saladin, like the Sultan of Egypt and Syria who faced the Crusaders in the
1100s.
Allon recruits Natalie Mizrahi, a young
French-Israeli doctor. Natalie is fluent
in many languages, including Arabic. She
is transformed and trained to become a Palestinian doctor to infiltrate the
ISIS community and become an ISIS recruit.
Her cover story is that she was from a Palestinian village and her fiancé
was murdered by Israelis, thus she is out for revenge. The plan is successful and she ultimately
comes face-to-face to an injured Saladin.
She faces a moral dilemma to save him, or end his life and stop his
continued acts of terror.
While the novel is a work of fiction, it
is inspired by true acts of terrorism that have occurred throughout the world
by ISIS. In addition, the book
emphasized the healing work of Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem. Doctors and nurses treat and heal victims of
terrorist acts as well as the terrorist themselves.
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