Take Cover

A Novel Carl lunged at Mike at lightning speed, knocking him to the floor. He pressed his gun to Mike’s temple. “Drop your weapons,” Carl ordered Mike’s men, “or I’ll shoot your commander.” They looked at Mike questioningly, knowing their lives were worth nothing to him; the mission was worth much more. “Don’t surrender,” he ordered them in a clear voice. Carl saw the way their eyes stayed locked on their commander. Without a moment’s hesitation Carl pulled the trigger. Yanai Shir, an IDF veteran who served in one of its most elite combat units, is now a baal teshuvah, fully immersed in Torah studies. The Shin Bet recruits him for a mission that only he can accomplish, and he very reluctantly agrees. Afterward, he has no choice but to play a pivotal role in yet another mission to protect Eretz Yisrael, one that is far more dangerous and complex. When an American security team joins forces with Hamas, Israel faces an existential threat. The Shin Bet spares no effort to minimize the damage, sending their best agent—Yanai Shir—right into the lion’s den, all while trying to prevent “Peter,” a mysterious mole within the Shin Bet whom they know has been passing crucial information to Hamas, from finding out. Who is this traitor, Peter? Will the two Shin Bet agents—one embedded in the American force and the other in the Hamas cell—recognize each other before they kill each other? Where are the mysterious hackers whose fierce cyberattacks are outsmarting the Shin Bet’s top computer experts? Take Cover—a unique, action-packed mystery, first in The Yanai Files series. By Erel Brav