The Blasphemer (2011) (edit title/settings)

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Characters edit see section history

• Abraham Khan: Progressive Muslim author whose life comes under threat when he publishes a book condemning radical Islam.
• Belinda Freeman-Khan: Abraham Khan's wife.
• Maya Raines: Section One operative assigned to protect Abraham Khan.
• Noah Sanderson: Maya Raines' partner.
• Deirdre Raines: Maya's mother; the head of Section One.
• Adam Larsen: A former Section One operative who is brought in to assist in investigating the threat against Abraham Khan.
• Marcia Wigmore: Add a description of this character.
• Samir Ziad Jarrah
• Zoe
• Nathan Raines
• Hayley Ngata
• Tim
• Tommy Cowan
• Dashiell Kanawa
• Hassan
• Bulletman
• Emmerich
• Kendra Shaw
• Dr Samantha LeRoux
• Ryan Hosseini
• Dr Singh
• Gabrielle Tomasi
• Yusuf
• Arthur Cruden
• Jonah Vosen
• Victor
• Aishah
• Tong Kok Tai
• Magellan
• Jacob Devlin
• Ramesh Kahoku

Quotes edit see section history

• “Even the best has its limits. Take this hotel for example. We’ve checked every corner, every cabinet, every air duct. We’ve vetted all the staff. We’ve assigned good people to guard you twenty hours a day. Anyone not authorised to be here is kept out of the building. Those are your layers of protection. If one layer is penetrated, another is there to pick up the slack. But all it takes is one guy determined enough, crazy enough, to hijack an aircraft and crash it into this hotel, and it’s all over. All those layers will count for nothing”

  Maya Raines

• “Have you heard of the legend of the thirty-six tzadikim? Well, it goes like this. Jewish mystics believe that there are thirty-six saints living among us at all times. Ordinary men and women whose identities are unknown even to themselves. And the world is saved from destruction only because they prove themselves willing to bear suffering and hardship on behalf of others. The weight of the world, quite literally, is borne on their humble shoulders.”

  Deirdre Raines

• “Turning and turning in the widening gyre, the falcon cannot hear the falconer. Things fall apart. The centre cannot hold. Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world. The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere, the ceremony of innocence is drowned. The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity...”

  Abraham Khan

Organizations edit see section history

• Section One: A covert intelligence agency based in New Zealand; responsible for protecting Abraham Khan.
• Al-Shukur: A terrorist organisation based out of Somalia; responsible for threatening Abraham Khan's life.
• Tough Talk: A New Zealand radio programme; offers both right-wing and left-wing commentary concerning the Abraham Khan controversy.

First Sentence edit see section history

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. John Ling (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Notes for Parents edit see section history

Contains religious and espionage-related violence.

Subjects edit see section history

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