BARBAR TEMPLE
An archaeological site in the village of Barbar, Bahrain. The novel's hidden Gate belongs to the story, not to the site's documented history.
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REAL BAHRAIN.
AN IMAGINED GATE.
The novel draws on three real places. Its secret organisations, rituals and supernatural events are fiction.
A'ALI BURIAL MOUNDS
The ancient burial landscape lies inland near A'ali. In the novel, its quiet carries a mystery; its geography stays real.
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THE TREE OF LIFE
A real tree in Bahrain's southern desert. The story imagines a change in its surrounding silence without moving the landmark.
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