Blurb A car bomb in the side streets of Tel Aviv. A diamond robbery in Haifa. Civil War in Lebanon. Rebel fighters in the Colombian jungle. A double murder in Los Angeles. How is all this connected? Only Cohen, a man who loves his country, knows that. A sensible man for unreasonable times. Maror is the story of a war for the soul of a country, it is a true story. All these things happened. Biography (Lavie Tidhar) Lavie Tidhar is an Israeli science fiction writer. He grew up in a kibbutz, later traveled through South Africa, Great Britain, Asia and the South Seas and now lives in Laos. He won numerous prizes for his stories.