Dark Passage - Softcover

Junius Podrug

3.08

38 ratings by Goodreads

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0812578503 ISBN 13: 9780812578508

Publisher: Tor Books, 2004

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It began with a rain of frogs. . . .

A strange phenomenon grips the world of today—and yesterday. A shepherd boy appears outside a scientific facility at Los Alamos, New Mexico, babbling in an ancient tongue. At the same time, two thousand years ago, mortal fear grips a queen whose murderous ambitions are boundless, as she entertains her subjects with screams of the dying men in an arena.

In one moment, time is ripped apart . . . .

Brutal jihad terrorists slip through the hole in time, on a mysterious and deadly quest to change the course of history. To stop them, three innocent people, two men and a woman, are sent back on the most exciting mission in history—to unravel a mystery and stop a killer. Back to a time when the people of Israel chaffed under the heel of Roman legions and a brutal queen used sex and murder in a scheme for empire.

Set against the vivid and violent tapestry of modern and ancient Israel, Dark Passage is an unforgettable saga of war, murder, technology, and high adventure.

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About the Author:

Junius Podrug is the author of Frost of Heaven and Presumed Guilty. He lives in Cape Cod, Massachusetts.

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What if Islamic assassins from the present were somehow able to go back in time to Galilee circa A.D. 30 and target Jesus for termination? Podrug takes this melodramatic premise and runs with it in this gripping adventure yarn that melds elements of science fiction with the big-screen biblical epics of the 1950s. Three unlikely but resourceful characters--an action-film star, an ex-nun who ministers to prostitutes, and an Israeli engineer-convict--are sent back in time in a desperate attempt to foil the terrorists' plan to change history. The historical details are fascinating--filled with enough sword fights, chariot races, and orgies to make Cecil B. DeMille proud. The one-dimensional modern-day terrorists pale in comparison to the real villain, the wickedly salacious Queen Salome, who pops up now and then to seduce a centurion or torture an unfortunate prisoner. The provocative ending may offend some of the fundamentalist folk, but adventure, alternate-history, and historical fiction fans should find this an enjoyable read. Michael Gannon
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