The Heat of Ramadan

Let's be honest here...there are two kinds of people who write spy novels: those who have been through the thick of covert ops and those who think they have because they've seen a few Bond films. Hartov is the genuine article and then some.Having some intelligence experience of my own, the Heat of Ramadan is without question the most neatly assembled, accurately derived, and beautifully written spy novel I've read in years. For anyone who thinks they know about intelligence work from Hollywood, I recommend reading this book to see the haunting dangers of reality as told through the pen of a master.Hartov's work is a masterpiece. The type of classic other books in the genre will be measured against.

Eytan Eckstein is one of Israeli Military Intelligence's finest field agents. A fatal error in attempting to assassinate one of the world's deadliest Palestinian Terrorists sends Eckstein's career crashing down nearly to ruins. Amar Kamil begins a program of personal vendetta against Eckstein and his entire team. It's a clash of monumental proportions, richly detailed with characters and places that live in your mind as this novel grabs you and wraps itself around your imagination and carries you to its stunning conclusion. This is writing of the first order. Author Hartov clearly knows the inside workings of Israeli Intelligence. His Characters are real. None of them are bigger than life or made to be superheroes. You can identify with the Antagonist and Protagonist alike in this magnificent portrayal of Mid-Eastern tension and drama. A Book well worth reading more than once!

This was an outstanding book. I was very impressed with Steve Hartov as an author. This book gives you a good insight to the Israeli intelligence community.You can tell that Hartov has good working knowledge of his subject matter. After a botched attempt to kill an Arab terrorist the Israeli hit team becomes the hunted. The terrorist settles his score one by one. In the mean-time the terrorist has altered his face through plastic surgery thanks to Russia. He is going to kill the Israeli prime minister. The final scenes in the book turn into one exciting action sequence after the other. This book gives excellent description of the scenery in the Middle East. This is a very good book. Be sure to read it.

Steven Hartov is second to nobody in the fine art of writing. He uses his expertise on the middle east superbly and has written one of the finest books on espionage with a twist of a love story. This book is sure to awe everybody who chooses to give it a try.

Steven Hartov combines his actual experience and in-depth research in the Israeli military to concoct a spell-binding chiller. His true-to-life mid-east war details intensify the varied plot lines to a pitch. Not to be missed for fans of high test adventure and espionage in exotic locales