Tip of the Needle

By: Ashraf Elghandour

Narrated by: Tom Herder

Nader and Addis, two exceptionally bright high school boys, live on opposite sides of the Israeli/Palestinian conflict in Israel. They’re brought together by the unlikely friendship between their fathers, a prominent Imam, and an influential Rabbi. As the idealistic religious leaders attempt a campaign to bring their people/followers closer, one is brutally assassinated. The course of each boys’ life is changed forever.

Ten years later, Nader and Addis are rising stars in their respective fields in the United States. Their paths cross again when they’re brought together by the love and ambition of Sacha Zimmerman, the whip smart daughter of wealthy tech giant Zack Zimmerman. As each grapples with their feelings for Sacha, they’re drawn into opposing sides of Zimmerman’s plan to change the world with his breakthrough biotechware technology. The worldwide release of this technology has the potential to eliminate many of the scourges on humanity but risks tipping the balance of power between good and evil.

In a world where technical advances are outpacing the ability to correct for unintended consequences and humanity becomes more willing to relinquish privacy and freewill for the promises offered by technological innovations, the universe is balanced on the tip of a needle. In a modern-day story of Adam and Eve and the lure of the proverbial apple called technology, Nader, Addis, and Sacha must each make decisions based on friendship, love, loyalty, and religion as Zimmerman’s plan has the potential to take him to the presidency and beyond.

©2020 Ashraf Elghandour (P)2022 Ashraf Elghandour

BEST RECENTLY PUBLISHED FICTION BOOK

Seventy plus years ago, books were often masterpieces. This post-pandemic book belongs in among those of surprisingly high quality. VERY well thought out, and the author knows the world that the characters live in. I did not like the ending, but I liked everything else, and I am sure that if I read (or listened to) this book again, there are qualities and nuanced details that went over my head. The author has a very clear mind and depth of experience, to write such a book. I recommend this book, especially if you have been let down by most recent fiction. THIS IS A NEW, SMALL MASTERPIECE. Another thing, on a personal level. I have had to untrain my mind, from a "pre-internet world" to a "we are all in this together, internet world." The characters and events and locations are all international and the story takes place in the now. It is one of the recent influences that have almost stripped away many of my pre-conceived ideas of people and places. It is a very very small world. This book helped me see my own past more accurately. I admire the author's ability, very much. I definitely recommend this book to you , a thinking person, if you are reading this.