The Einstein Proxy

by Steve Dimodica

Albert Einstein died of natural causes in 1955. A final manuscript, long believed to be his incomplete deliberations on the most vexing issue in physics, is left in his office. It is a decoy. The brilliant scientist has smuggled the true mathematical solution overseas, and trusted it to a cadre of Jewish academics. It stays hidden for six decades.
The year shifts to 2013. A family gathers around the table for a Seder feast at the beginning of Passover in the old Jewish quarter of Istanbul. A stranger invited to the dinner tortures and murders the host family. Alarm bells sound. The competing governments of Russia, Iran, Israel, and the United States dispatch operatives to the ancient walled city. Control of the manuscript is crucial, it holds the key to understanding the universe.
Melissa Hastings, an American physicist, is teamed with CIA Case Officer Terry Solak to lead the U.S. efforts to recover the document. At every turn they are confronted by ambiguities and hostile intent. The search for Einstein's lost manuscript is both a layered exercise in espionage and a test of personal survival. Worst among the antagonists is a mystical Turk named Yilmaz. He belongs to a secretive sect descended from Sephardi Jews known as Donmeh.
From Istanbul to Casablanca, to Paris, to New York, we follow Melissa and Terry as they strive to secure the document. The final shocking revelations force Melissa to confront moral choices in a world of deceit.

401 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 2015

About the author

Steve Dimodica was born in Boston and raised in Massachusetts. The second of six children, he grew up in a suburban neighborhood with many young families having the dual focus of school and sports. After college ( B.S.) and graduate school ( M.S.) , Steve joined the Army with the intent of exploring foreign countries before settling into a domestic career. He found a greater challenge.
Steve spent the next 20 years on Active and Active Reserve duty in the U.S. Army Special Forces and Military Intelligence. Following three mission deployments to North Africa where he served as a Weapons Leader and Medical Specialist on a Special Forces A Team, he received a Direct Commission as a Military Intelligence Officer.
For the next fourteen years, Steve had numerous mission deployments to Europe and Central America, serving as both a Counter-Intelligence Officer and a Detachment Commander on Special Forces A Teams.
Steve lives in the Philadelphia area with his family.

Reviews

[Susan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really fun

[Linda Garfield · Rating 4 out of 5]

Well written book that keeps you turning the pages. I can see it as a movie or tv special! Very engaging!