The Essene conspiracy

"Israel's Finance Minister has been murdered in Jerusalem. Muslim terorists are suspected, but no group has claimed responsibility. The Director of Israeli Intelligence asks security consultant Harry McClure to investigate a possible American link to the brutal crime. McClure's only clue--a barely legible name scribbled on a blood-stained card found in the shirt pocket of the slain minister. Unexpectedly, McClure uncovers a sophisticated Wall Street money laundering scheme channeling large sums of U.S. currency into secret Israeli bank accounts, and a clandestine Messianic order, the Essene Brotherhood, plotting to overthrow the secular Israeli government and reclaim the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. The clock is ticking as Israeli Intelligence and McClure race to organize a preemptive eleventh-hour strategy aimed at thwarting the imminent Essene attack."--Back cover