Shadow Government Novel
Written by: Munther Qabbani
Number of pages: 176
The novel has attracted the attention of readers since its release and became the talk of the forums before the media paid attention to it.
Some critics consider the novel "The Shadow Government" to be the true birth of the suspense novel in the Arab world, while others have likened it to Dan Brown's novel "The Da Vinci Code." Some forums have even dubbed its author the "Arab Dan Brown."
The novel takes place across two time periods: 1908, during the late reign of Sultan Abdul Hamid II, and the present, following a Saudi businessman who experiences a mysterious incident during a business trip abroad. The novel's events shift between the present and the past, revealing to the reader the mystery behind the novel's events within a framework that blends suspense and excitement with implications for the state of the Arab world today.