Viktor Ostrovsky is a former employee of the Israeli intelligence service Mossad. After retiring, he began writing about the behind-the-scenes aspects of the activities of his “firm.” Why was Mossad created? Who does he serve? Does it fight terrorists or support them? Viktor Ostrovsky answers all these questions on the pages of the exciting novel “Lion of the Desert”, built according to all the laws of the adventurous genre. The setting of the novel is the countries of Europe and the Middle East. Nathan Stein, a Mossad officer, is trying to stop the massacres organized by an Arab terrorist organization. Its leadership, knowing about the impending crime, does not prevent the terrorists in any way, launching a real hunt for Stein himself.