FROZEN END

About the Book

His encounter with a strikingly beautiful woman sets off a chain of events that lead professor Sam Baradi to track down the people responsible for the collapse of economies and markets.

The accumulation of seemingly unrelated events -- like the meltdown of financial markets, the flare-up of hostilities in Gaza, the tsunami of Internet misinformation, and the flood of anti-Semitic gossip -- threatens to bring the world to a frozen end.

Thrust in the middle of this mayhem, Sam’s adventures take him from the splendors of Boston’s waterfront to the snow-capped Swiss Alps and the stunning Mediterranean beaches, as he tries to prevent a nefarious group from pushing mankind past a threshold where an irreversible shift in power would occur.



Book Review

A suave, intelligent technology analyst combines forces with a beautiful government attorney to combat international terrorism.

Sam Baradi has it all - Ivy League degrees, tenure at Cornell University (quite a feat at age 28), a moneyed, international pedigree, and to top it off, killer good looks. So he's excited to meet his match one night at a bar -the stunning Samantha Holzman, whose interests and talents eerily match his own. They quickly discover that they both deal in high-level national security issues, and , as they learn the hard way, both their families are somehow involved. Meanwhile, halfway across the world in a hotbed of Middle Eastern terrorism, a dangerous Islamic seet is plotting an ultimate coup -they plan to undermine the American financial system, which will weaken every major market, so they can snatch up companies and assets at basement-level prices. Unfortunately, the terrorist organization plans to do this via hacking influential financiers' computers, an area in which Sam is supremely skilled. This sets a stage for high-tech, high-stakes global battle that pits the budding couple against a series of devious enemies. All the elements of a good thriller are present and accounted for. The old-world wealth and leading-protagonists' good looks combined with an eager sense of character development add to the action. What Nader does well is paint pictures of evil, both individual and societal. The leader of the terrorist group is a slithering, deviant-eyed tyrant, and he oozes malice.

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About the Author

F. H. Nader writes his first novel based on over 25 years of experience advising high-technology organizations. He was a director in the TIME2 (Telecommunications, Information Technology, Media, Entertainment and Electronics) and SPOT (Shipping, Postal, On-line, and Transport) practices at renowned international consulting companies. He founded his own firm at the turn of the century. Dr. Nader has personally visited all the countries in the book since he led assignments in over 30 countries, formulating winning strategies, redesigning business processes, auditing information systems, planning and deploying technology and modernization projects, assessing high-tech concepts, and optimizing complex operations. His Masters degree in Systems Engineering, and Professional degree in Industrial Management are from Northeastern University. His doctorate in Business Management is from California University, and his post-doctoral work is in Operations Research and Information Engineering at Cornell University.