EMPIRE OF SAND
Author: Robert Ryan
ISBN: 9780755329250 / 9780755343355
Price: $24.95 / $37.95

1915: As the First World War Rages in Europe, a talented young intelligence officer named Thomas Edward Lawrence is in Cairo, consigned by his superiors to the Map Room at GHQ.  Yet, passionately committed to the Arab people and spurred on by personal tragedy, he is about to unlock a secret that will change the course of history.

Lawrence, a man of immense energy who runs a network of spies across the Levant, is convinced that an Arab revolt is the only way to remove the Ottoman presence and leave a free, self-governed Arabia.  Soon, alarming reports reach him of British hostages taken in Persia, a kidnapping orchestrated by infamous German agent Wilhelm Wassmuss.  British assassin Captain Harold Quinn is dispatched to Cario with clear instructions.

Intent on taking down Wassmuss, Quinn and Lawrence assemble a small group and travel to Persia.  As they begin their treacherous journey across the desert, Lawrence soon discovers that his German opponent is an experienced master of stealth and deception.

In this epic novel about one of the most fascinating figures of British history, Robert Ryan reveals how Lawrence’s expertise and cultural understanding lead him to become one of the most pivotal and respected figures in the Arab revolt of World War One.