The Settler: A Novel of Modern Israel

Tel Aviv. Israel's very own city of sin. And for Sarah Dakar, the metropolis becomes just that once she is evacuated from her home in Gush Katif, Gaza by the army she once loved and admired - an army to which her brother lost his life.

She never believed the "Expulsion" - as she called this historic 2005 event - would happen. As she settles in Tel Aviv to begin university while her family adjusts to life in government housing, she begins to question the values she once held dear: belief in God and the Jewish state.

The dancefloor of the world-famous Tel Aviv nightclub, Atlantis, provides fertile ground for the rebel-in-waiting. Its liberal and charismatic owner, Ziv Harel, is more than glad to transform a "religious settler" into a nightlife queen.

Their mysterious attraction leads both on a path of self-discovery, but how far will Sarah go to question who she is - and at what cost?