The Minders

An American with relatives in Iran embarks on a tour of the country after graduating from MIT with a degree in computer science. On his first day, hours after landing in Tehran, he is kidnapped. They take him to a place euphemistically known as The Center. Several days earlier, a father and daughter are kidnapped and taken to the same place. Simultaneously, a Stanford graduate in mechanical engineering is offered a job at a Silicon Valley startup, and the head of construction and permits at the Denver County Offices is threatened with collections of his gambling debts. What ties these people together is a terror plot, hatched deep inside Iran.

The story dives deep into the ease by which several highly placed and successful Iranian-Americans react to coercion, partaking in a plan to exact massive damage on U.S. soil, all controlled by a reconstituted division of SAVAK, Iran’s old secret police. The global reach and power of this decades old division closes all normal avenues of support, requiring unconventional help.

Jason Caius, a Farsi and Arabic language teacher at the Monterey Defense Language Institute, with a secretive past and a godfather to the kidnapped MIT student, is that help. Jason uses his extensive network of relationships cultivated over years of working in Iran, Iraq, and across Europe, to do whatever is necessary to help save his friend and quash the ill-fated terror plot. His adventures take him across the US and Europe, through Turkey, culminating in Iran and Iraq, with action and plot twists in every town.

A Little More…

If you’re a fan of Mark Greaney, John Grisham, James Patterson, Jack Higgins, Tom Clancy, David Baldacci, Lee Child’s Jack Reacher, Robert Ludlum’s Bourne and Janson, then you’ll love this page-turning Jason Caius political thriller. Jason is a combination of stealthy CIA agent and university professor. He is smart in his ways and brutal when the occasion requires it. And, Max Boroumand is an author whose life experiences working and living in the world’s most volatile areas, dealing with governments and large multi-national corporations, have introduced him to many of the characters in his books. His attention to detail is uncanny and make his work seem non-fiction. The truths to which he was privy are frightening.

What Readers are saying …

“After reading this book I looked at every expat with whom I worked with a new sense of curiosity and worry.”

"The possibility that this really happens is frightening to think about. I hope Jason is real! The world needs heroes like him. Great book. If you like Dan Brown's novels you'll also enjoy Max Boroumand's."

About the Author ...

Max Boroumand is a seasoned and experienced technologist, a futurist, and special advisor. His career spans over two decades, with clients in the Fortune 500, Governments, and non-profits, and many technology startups. His work and life have taken him all over the world, from the Middle East and North Africa, to Europe and the Americas, and to Asia.

Over the last decade, he has been the CEO of a holding company, whose portfolio includes several software companies, and most recently a publishing and media company supporting his new passion, writing books.