Set in the 5th century AD, Azazeel is the exquisitely crafted tale of a Coptic monk`s journey from Upper Egypt to Alexandria & then Syria during a time of massive upheaval in the early Church. Winner of the Arab Booker Prize, Azazeel highlights how the history of our civilization has been warped by greed & avarice since its very beginnings & how one man`s beliefs are challenged not only by the malice of the devil, but by the corruption with the early Church. In sparse & often sparkling prose that reflects the arid beauty of the Syrian landscape, Azazeel is a novel that forces us to re-think many of our long-held beliefs & invites us to rediscover a lost history.