Jihad

Conditioned his entire life to enact a diabolical attack on the United States by a foster father who raised him to learn respect, honor, and tradition, a young teenager finds himself propelled overseas out of the only world he has ever known and into the cold concrete jungle of a country he was taught to fear. After overcoming the brutal culture shock of a decidedly different way of life in America, Saleem begins to learn that there is a different way to look at historical events. He struggles with his innate desire to remain loyal to his upbringing and continuing with his life-long plans, his understanding, and friendship with the so-called enemy. Being able to see the world from a different perspective opens his eyes. Jihad is a unique and refreshing novel about difficult choices, and about the importance of family, of honor and of love, particularly when they intersect with an ideological shift in perspective. Can Saleem, at the tender age of seventeen, figure out what the “right” thing to do might be, particularly when he comes face to face with the truth about the Mujahideen, Americans and his own life?