Kashan Kashmeeri unfolds in a region of ancient wounds, struggles within and between families, amidst the spices, scents, and intrigue of Arabia. For readers of military- geopolitical struggles in a turbulent world, the novel thrills with the tension that is the Middle East today. Iran and Iraq seem poised for another war, and military and political changes force the region, and the world, to the brink. It is a story that had to be told, and to the last moment you'll be on the edge of your reading space, wondering if the Middle East, and the world, will descend into war, or rise to peace.