Mitla Pass by Leon Uris

Used. Hardcover. Leon Uris is best known for packing entire historical epochs into brick-thick blockbusters, but his semi-autobiographical *Mitla Pass* hits surprisingly close to home. The novel follows Gideon Zadok, a restless writer and war correspondent whose personal demons chase him straight into the crucible of the 1956 Sinai Campaign. Uris trades some of his usual panoramic sweep for sharp psychological introspection, weaving a turbulent family legacy with the high-stakes friction of geopolitical conflict. If you like your historical fiction served with a heavy dose of grit and existential sweat, to *pass* on this one would be a monumental mistake.