The assistant
Subtitle: a novel
By: J. Patrick Law.
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 414
Subjects: Intelligence service -- Israel -- Fiction; Israel -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction.
Description: "When Ben Poltarek, a young Washington lawyer and a brilliant amateur magician, opens his door to Tarnofsky, a dying secret agent whispering incomprehensible secrets, his life is changed forever. Ben is unexpectedly propelled into the secret underground of the "Assistants," American Jews who place their skills - and their lives - in the service of Israel. The territory is unfamiliar and the stakes, life or death,".

"Pursued by Arab terrorists who must silence him, manipulated by agents of the vaunted Mossad, and targeted by his own government, only Ben and his magic can save the Middle East from spiraling into flames and bringing the United States down with it."--BOOK JACKET.