Beneath The Rings

By Joe Battaglia

The Doha 2040 Summer Olympics are supposed to be about gold medals and global unity. Instead, they kick off a descent into terror when twelve Israeli and Lebanese athletes vanish, leaving behind only the chilling threat of The Obsidian Hand and an impossible $500 billion ransom. Veteran journalist Nova Mendelsohn finds herself entangled with a cryptic Ancient Arabic note and a mysterious local merchant, forced to race the clock. Her pursuit of the truth will take her from the glittering Olympic Village into the city's darkest corners and onto the blood-soaked sands of the desert, where a centuries-old vengeance threatens to ignite a catastrophic final act. What secrets lie beneath the surface of the Games, and what will it cost Nova to uncover them?

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FTGJCMY6
• ISBN13: 9798893247923
• Release Date: October 2025
• Publisher: Franklin Pub.
• Length: 422 Pages
• Weight: 1.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"