God's Memory Part 2

By Michael Landsberg

In book 2 we learn the origin of the title which is the meaning of a terrorist’s name in Hebrew. We jump back once more to the 1600’s to learn how Jewish Bankers began the practice of using paper bank notes rather than gold coin. Concomitant was the rise of a white collar middle class seen by working people as producing nothing of a useful nature but rather victimizing manual laborers. This also bolstered anti-Semitism. In the present day we return to the world of spies, politics, and torture; the men in power and the moneymen who pull their strings. The action-adventure that begins the book turns polemical as the two adversaries preach lengthy sermons at one another that tend to go on and on and on. These philosophical tomes seem to be the ultimate aim of the book. The ending is rather bland and unsatisfying.