Synopsis: |
In the 10th century the Khazar kingdom grew and flourished, and in one of the oddest choices ever made, converted to Judaism. A thousand years later, when the writer Marc Sofer is given an ancient Khazarian coin by a mysterious visitor, he is drawn into investigating the fascinating enigma of the Khazars. Why did these steppe warriors decide to become Jews? And what is the connection between this ancient, vanished people, and the terrorist group calling themselves the New Khazars, who have begun attacking oil plants on the Caspian sea? |