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SACRED MYSTERIES Following the death of his wife, Tom Webster travels to Jerusalem in search of a friend from his college days. But the haunted city, divided by warring religious groups, offers him no refuge from guilt and grief. As he wanders through the streets and the archaeological... read more

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  • Tom: The protagonist.
  • Katie: Tom's deceased wife.
  • Sharon: Tom's old college friend.
  • Ahmed: An eccentric, Muslim scholar.
  • Tobie: Sharon's boss.
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They were helping a party get out of hand, an end-of-term blowout thrown by a teaching colleague during Tom's probationary year.

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  • Djinni: In Arabic, a genie (also jinn, jinni, djinni, from Arabic جني jinnī) is a supernatural creature which occupies a parallel world to that of mankind, and together with humans and angels makes up the three sentient creations of God (Allah). According to the Qur’ān, there are two creations that have free will: humans and jinn. Religious sources don't mention much about them; however, the Qur’an mentions that jinn are made of smokeless flame, and they form communities just like humans, and, just like humans, they can be good or evil.

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  1. Graham Joyce (Author)

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Reading Level: Adults

Religious themes are prevalent throughout as well as explicitly sexual details and a dash of violent. Not an appropriate read for the youngsters.


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