The Moho Proviso — Jeanne Irelan

A momentous off-shore geological find in the 1960's on a government-sponsored expedition and the high level cover-up that followed rise to the surface in1980 when Israel is being threatened with annihilation and the West with a disastrous oil embargo. The impending crisis, as well as his conscience, forces Mackenzie Haber, a member of the conspiracy and Houston oil executive, into making a terrible choicereveal the truth and cause ruin and disgrace to himself, his company, and a former administration or keep quiet and let Israel take the flack. Aided by a beautiful Israeli astrophysicist, he defies threats from terrorists and his own government as he searches for an answer. For the solution to be valid it must dislodge the cartel's iron control of the supply of oil and insure Israel's permanent safety.