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Death in Shangri-La
By Yigal Zur
Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
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About this ebook
• Translated from the Hebrew; second in the (Hebrew) Dotan Naor series following Passport to Death.
• First US entry of the Dotan Naor international thriller series.
• Readers will be reminded of Nelson DeMille, Daniel Silva, and Brad Thor.
• Exotic locations: India, Kashmir, Israel.
• Will attract a wide audience of Jewish readers based on author’s background and subject matter, particularly related to the Jewish youth.
• Author is fluent in English and Oceanview will promote book via the Jewish Book Council.
• Author commits to 4-6 weeks to tour in the US.
• Much of the author’s writing is based on personal experiences, including his detailed knowledge of the roles Israelis play in the arms industry and drug smuggling.
• Author is an expert on Southeast Asia and has written travel books and cultural guides to India and China.
• Author is the only Israeli journalist ever to be embedded with the US Army in action—during Desert Storm.
• Author is a long-time world traveler and has hosted his own travel show on Israeli television.
• Author participated as a soldier in the Israel Defense Force in the October 1973 Yom Kippur War. Author served in the front lines in the Golan Heights with artillery unit.
• As a young artillery officer, author crossed with Special Forces deep into enemy territory.
• Death in Shangri-La is translated by Sara Kitai, a truly remarkable translation from Hebrew to English.
• First US entry of the Dotan Naor international thriller series.
• Readers will be reminded of Nelson DeMille, Daniel Silva, and Brad Thor.
• Exotic locations: India, Kashmir, Israel.
• Will attract a wide audience of Jewish readers based on author’s background and subject matter, particularly related to the Jewish youth.
• Author is fluent in English and Oceanview will promote book via the Jewish Book Council.
• Author commits to 4-6 weeks to tour in the US.
• Much of the author’s writing is based on personal experiences, including his detailed knowledge of the roles Israelis play in the arms industry and drug smuggling.
• Author is an expert on Southeast Asia and has written travel books and cultural guides to India and China.
• Author is the only Israeli journalist ever to be embedded with the US Army in action—during Desert Storm.
• Author is a long-time world traveler and has hosted his own travel show on Israeli television.
• Author participated as a soldier in the Israel Defense Force in the October 1973 Yom Kippur War. Author served in the front lines in the Golan Heights with artillery unit.
• As a young artillery officer, author crossed with Special Forces deep into enemy territory.
• Death in Shangri-La is translated by Sara Kitai, a truly remarkable translation from Hebrew to English.
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Reviews for Death in Shangri-La
Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
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- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Many thanks to Edelweiss, Oceanview and Yigal Zur for an ARC in exchange for an honest review. This story is so confusing, I’m not even sure I can tell you what it is about. The main story is about Dotan, an ex-Israeli spy, who goes to India to find out what happened to his friend Willy, an arms dealer. Willy went off in search of his son and ends up beheaded. Dotan travels with Maya, a beautiful Mossad agent, who also wants to investigate what happened. At the same time, terrorists have killed and taken hostage Israeli students who have been travelling in India. The terrorists are using Israeli weapons which presumably Willy has sold them. I think. I’m not sure because I never really understood what this storyline had to do with the main story. It also brought in a bunch more characters that never really seemed to matter in the long run. This really was like a kitchen sink of ideas without real development, connection or clever twists to keep you interested.I never understood (or maybe believed) the reason for Dotan wanting to solve this murder. Willy wasn’t really a good friend and even though there was this bet they made about how Willy’s son would be returning to Israel, married and with a kid, that apparently made Dotan want to figure out what happened, I didn’t buy it. It never made any sense. The author also tried to bring in a lot of the natural beauty of India and some of the culture, especially their spirituality, but it did not work for me at all. I love the idea of India as a character itself and that could have worked had it been written better, but I felt it was trivialized and not treated with much respect. I didn’t feel transported nor did I learn anything. Maya and Dotan’s relationship wasn’t developed properly and I wasn’t invested in them as a couple at all. For being a main character, that presumably other books are based on, Dotan did not come across as a strong character. We don’t know that much about him but are supposed to believe these incongruous facts that are just dropped in from nowhere. He doesn’t grow or change or develop at all. Too much time is spent introducing these other plot line and characters instead of developing the main character and his storyline.I don’t think the author had a clear picture of what he wanted for this novel. He had a lot of ideas but never settled on one thing, instead tried to include everything. Was it a spy novel? Are you trying to make some political statement about governments, guns, terrorists and Israel/India relations? Are you trying to talk about spirituality, Buddhism and the next Dalai Lama? And I could go on with another three things this book was trying to be. I’m not sure if part of the issues I had with the writing, the stilted language, the incongruities in plot and the general confusion of storyline had anything to do with it being a translation. This might have worked better in the author’s native language. Let’s hope so.