He reached over and took hold of her forearm. “Let’s go.”

Nir pushed himself up on his crutches and balanced himself as Nicole folded up the chairs. When she was done, he leaned over and kissed the side of her head. Then he began his journey back to the car.

Authors’ Note

AUTHORS’ NOTE

Living day by day with a sword hanging over your head—that is the experience of the Jewish Israeli citizen. And while the attitudes of several neighboring states have upgraded from intense hatred to strong dislike due to the Abraham Accords, there are still plenty of countries who want nothing more than to see the State of Israel pushed into the sea. Chief amongst these enemies is Iran.

At some point, the radical Islamic regime in Iran made a truly brilliant tactical decision. Rather than face their enemies head-on, they invested heavily in the many terrorist militias in Syria, Iraq, and Yemen. Why invite direct military retaliation by Israel or Saudi Arabia by firing one of your own missiles when you can arm a small group of terrorists with a truck full of rockets or drones and let them bear the brunt of the payback?

Israel has been regularly dealing with these militias through surface-to-surface and air-to-ground strikes. Sadly, it has become routine. But what will elevate it all to the next level is if Iran is able to supply to several of these proxy militias dirty bombs or even small nuclear devices. Not only will there be the threat of a nuclear-tipped ballistic missile landing on a city, but there will be the very real danger of personally transportable devices being smuggled into a country that can kill thousands of people at a time. This is why Israel is so determined to ensure that Iran does not become a nuclear power.

It is this threat around which we have built this book. We recognize that it is quite possible that by the time this novel is published, Iran may have already joined the nuclear-armed club. However, we felt it was worth the literary risk in order to be able to communicate the wider danger that exists for Israel and other nations due to the lethal potential of Iran’s proxy militias.

Our hope is that as the reader enjoys this book, there will be three elements that will come through.

First, we want the reader to understand the risk surrounding a nuclear-equipped Iranian regime. If Iran achieves nuclear weapons, they will eventually find a way to use them one way or another.