{"product_id":"trade-off-9781942762300","title":"Trade Off","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"A thoroughly current thriller in which lawyers and financiers are the manipulators of Middle East conflict.\" --Kirkus Reviews\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eTrade Off\u003c\/em\u003e is a high-stakes international thriller that pulls the reader into a complicated web of dark politics, underhanded gains, and dangerous power brokers. With tension running across every page and a deft balance of complex characters and unpredictable plot twists, Nader Salehi crafts a moody suspense novel that will both immerse readers in new worlds and keep them on the edge of their seats.\" --Steph Post, Author of \u003cem\u003eLightwood\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eA Tree Born Crooked\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReza Shirvani is a talented young associate on the cusp of promotion to partnership at a top corporate law firm in Washington, D.C. But the biggest challenge in his life is far more complicated--his mother and sister have fled Iran and are now stuck in western Afghanistan. Their last and best hope for safe passage to America lies in the hands of a tribal warlord, but only if Reza can quickly come up with a small fortune to pay him.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhen Clara, Reza's beautiful former lover, unexpectedly reappears in his life, Reza seems to have stumbled on a solution to all of his problems.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVery soon, though, it becomes clear that Clara's reappearance is not completely coincidental, and Reza finds himself confronting an insider trading mastermind, a Saudi financier of terror, cyber espionage, and, along the way, his own greatest doubts and fears.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFast-paced and gripping, Trade Off takes readers from high-powered offices in D.C., London, and New York, to streets and compounds in Kabul and beyond.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA timeless and yet modern journey of self-discovery, Trade Off illuminates just how ambiguous morality can be when innocent lives are at stake.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Heliotrope Books LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50447082520850,"sku":"9781942762300","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_056e215d-d26d-48d5-985d-bba008bd7fbe.jpg?v=1729712270","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/trade-off-9781942762300","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}