EMET - Softcover

Simon, Roger

Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798994109311

Publisher: Green Hills Books, 2026

Synopsis

A rabbi who doubts. A city on edge. A truth older than memory rising from the earth.

When Nashville is shaken by the brutal murder of a young woman visiting from New York, Rabbi Benjamin “Ben” Golub—a reluctant spiritual leader whose faith has long wavered—finds himself drawn into a crisis far larger than grief and consolation. The crime unmoors his congregants, ignites simmering fears, and pulls the rabbi into the orbit of two people connected to the victim: Ed, a Serbian-born sculptor with a past marked by war, and Tamara, a sharp-witted New York publicist fleeing her own heartbreak.

But when a freak tornado hits the city, exposing strange phenomena in the rabbi’s own backyard, Ben confronts something he never expected: evidence that an ancient Jewish legend may be more than myth. What begins as a whispered joke—a lump of mud shaped like a man—soon reveals a terrifying capacity for action.

As violence escalates, anti-Jewish hatred rises worldwide, and the rabbi’s private doubts collide with what he witnesses, Ben must decide what he truly believes—and what he is willing to unleash. Because the line between protector and monster is thinner than anyone imagined. And truth—emet—has consequences.

EMET is a gripping, unsettling novel about faith, fear, justice, and the supernatural forces that emerge when an ordinary man is pushed past the limits of reason.

About this title

About the Author

Roger L. Simon is an Oscar-nominated screenwriter, award-winning novelist, and commentator. He is the author of numerous works of fiction and nonfiction exploring politics, culture, and moral conflict. EMET marks a return.

Edition details

• Publisher: Green Hills Books
• Publication date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798994109311
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272