The car continued its ascent amidst the barking of protesting dogs and the rigid cries of the guards until it stopped at the shout of another guard in front of the large prison. After the procedures were handled, Nasser got out of the car. Before the darkness of the prison swallowed him, he took a sweeping look from the square overlooking the sleeping city. Its lights formed a huge conical halo, its edges faded and intertwined with the deep darkness of the night where the boundaries of light were lost, as if the darkness had devoured it for fear of its illuminating radiance, or as if the light, before this drowsy penetration through the pitch-black darkness, was fed by an inexhaustible spring of brilliance to turn the entire universe into light: "Allah is the Light of the heavens and the earth." The iron door creaked on pained hinges, opening a hideous maw to devour a new victim, one of those whose taste it had become accustomed to, fond of, and loved, announcing the end of the lieutenant's mission...

• Publisher: Dar Al-Farabi for Publishing and Distribution
• Author: Moussa Al-Ali
• ISBN: 9789953718613
• Number of Pages: 240
• Year of Publication: 2012
• Cover Type: Paperback