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Only this time, the U.S. government is pursuing him as a weapon of mass destruction, the State of Israel is looking to recruit him as a national hero, and it's up to Len Bronstein-the art teacher who brought him to life in the first place-to protect The Golem.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e When an emergency military court is convened to decide the Golem's fate, Len and his friends Miri and Waleed take a road trip from New York to Washington, accompanied by a convoy of federal agents. 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