<DIV>“A stunning novel by a great American writer.”—<I>Washington Post</I><br><BR>Jerusalem: home to seekers, heretics, hustlers, and madmen of many faiths. In this most fractious city, a plot unfolds to bomb the sacred Temple Mount.<br>      Christopher Lucas, an expatriate American journalist, stumbles upon the plot while investigating religious fanatics. Entangled in the intrigue are a nightclub singer, an unstable Jewish guru, a strung-out Kabbalist seeking the messiah, and a soldier of fortune routinely found at the world's violent clashes. A confrontation in Gaza, a chase through riot-filled streets, a cat-and-mouse game in an underground maze—as Lucas races against time, he uncovers the duplicity and depravity on all sides of Jerusalem's sacred struggle.<br>      An explosive bestseller, <I>Damascus Gate</I> lays bare the dangers at the fringes of faith.<br><BR>“A transcendent thriller.”—<I>Time</I><br><BR>“Brims over with plots, subplots, and an impressive array of incisively drawn characters . . . The range of [Stone's] knowledge is spectacular.”—<I>The New Yorker</I><br><BR>“Damascus Gate asks enormous questions about cosmic truth—and its effect on those who think they own it—with intensity, intellectual rigor and abiding morality.”—<I>San Francisco Chronicle</I><br></DIV>