The Last Ember by Daniel Levin

June 13, 2012 by Christina

Fiction — print. Riverhead Books, 2009. 415 pgs. Borrowed from my mom. I borrowed this book from my mom due to its subject matter — Italian antiquities, illegal artifact digging in Jerusalem, museums possessing stolen artworks. In Levin’s novel, former classics scholar turned lawyer Jonathan Marcus accidentally discovers a hidden message carved inside a client’s fragment of an ancient stone map. The discovery reunites him with a college friend, Dr. Emili Travia, on a perilous journey from the labyrinth beneath […]

Categories: 2012 Reads, Art, Crime, Fiction, Middle East • Tags: Daniel Levin