▁Week ly , ▁Kirk us ▁Re views ▁and ▁ ▁other ▁national ▁newsp apers , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁top - ten ▁pla cement ▁in ▁The ▁Book ▁of ▁the ▁Month ▁Club ▁and ▁a ▁nom ination ▁for ▁the ▁National ▁Jewish ▁Book ▁Award . ▁ ▁Its ▁success ▁resulted ▁in ▁a ▁two - book ▁contract ▁with ▁William ▁Mor row ▁for ▁“ The ▁N yl on ▁Hand ▁of ▁God ” ▁and ▁“ The ▁Dev il ’ s ▁She ph erd ,” ▁comple ting ▁the ▁tr il ogy ▁of ▁E ck stein ▁and ▁Ba um ▁advent ures . ▁The ▁novel ▁was ▁published ▁in ▁six ▁foreign ▁languages ▁and ▁made ▁into ▁a ▁feature ▁film , ▁“ The ▁Point ▁Men ,” ▁st arring ▁Christopher ▁Lam bert ▁and ▁directed ▁by ▁Jon ▁Glen . ▁ ▁The ▁Plot ▁ ▁The ▁book ▁opens ▁in ▁Mun ich , ▁with ▁E yt an ▁E ck stein ▁and ▁his ▁team ▁of ▁Isra eli ▁agents ▁on ▁the ▁h unt ▁for ▁master ▁terror ist ▁Am ar ▁K amil . ▁However , ▁E ck stein ▁makes ▁a ▁fatal ▁mistake , ▁killing ▁the ▁wrong ▁man , ▁and ▁is ▁himself ▁badly ▁wounded ▁during ▁the ▁failed ▁assass ination . ▁There after , ▁while ▁re leg ated ▁to ▁a ▁pun itive ▁des k ▁job , ▁E ck stein ▁disco vers ▁that ▁the ▁members ▁of ▁his ▁old ▁team ▁are ▁being ▁killed ▁off , ▁one - by - one . ▁Ben ni ▁Ba um , ▁his ▁faithful ▁commander , ▁supports ▁E ck stein ’ s ▁h unch ▁that ▁Am ar ▁K amil ▁is ▁back ▁in ▁play , ▁and ▁the