A firebombing of a black church in Brooklyn that was once a synagogue sets
off a chain reaction of international intrigue and bloody violence. The fire
bombers are young men of Arab extraction who mistakenly believe that this church
whose stain glass windows illustrate the Stars of David is still a synagogue. In
the wake of the bombing a prominent "white shoe" Wall Street firm sends its
young token Jewish lawyer to help the church pro bono in their insurance claim.
In a walled off area exposed by the fire in the basement of the Church the
pastor has found three huge trunks filled with gold and precious jewels worth
multimillions. The bizarre journey of this treasure, where it has come from and
how it got in the basement of a black church is the heart of this tantalizing
story which deals with both the origin and the aftermath of the discovery, and
the impact it has on the lives of the young lawyer, his family, the pastor of
the Church and numerous other interlocking characters who suddenly surface with
claims to its provenance. It makes for a compelling and suspenseful story of
terror and greed and illustrates how the long tail of the past can reach into
the present with life altering results.
