The Awakening of the Lion

the long version

On his 6th birthday, Asad Mohammad witnesses the murder of his entire family by a unit of the Algerian army. Only his uncle and Asad survive the massacre. He swears revenge and with the help of his uncle he becomes involved with a group of people who use the cover of the religious education to work towards a goal which would bring chaos to the Western World. Asad is an exceptionally gifted boy and soon makes his way into a different culture. He goes to the French Boarding School for Boys in Algiers, where he finds friends who are of different faith to his and yet they become best of friends. The people who are financing his education manage to get him in the school holidays to training camps where he learns the basics of terrorism. It is there that he meets a girl with whom he falls in love. Years later they get married and whilst Asad goes to France to study Chemistry and English, his wife becomes the mother of a little boy. Like many times before Asad wants to get out of terrorism and live a normal life, but then tragedy strikes again. A few years later a man arrives on the southern coast of Spain, where he meets his contact in a house on the hills in Bolnuevo. From there he leaves for England. Starting a business as translator he builds up a large clientele. Then one day he gets the go ahead with his assignment. While he prepares the final stage, one of his people makes a crucial mistake. This brings MI5 on the case. From then onwards it is a race against time. Will it be too late to avoid a massive incident that will cause the Western World to fall apart?