How Roger L. Simon's New Thriller 'EMET' Restored My Faith in Fiction

<![CDATA[I’ll start this review with an admission: I wasn’t overly eager to read EMET. Certainly not because of the author — I’ve been an admirer of Roger L. Simon’s work from the moment I first stumbled upon his personal blog, even before he cofounded the website you are reading right now. Rather, it was because of the genre: I’ve been bored with fiction for the last couple of years. Just writing that surprises me now, as fiction was pretty much all I read during my 20s and 30s. However, as I gradually began the process of becoming what is known in Judaism as a baal teshuva — returning to a Jewish heritage I previously knew little about — my reading preferences drifted toward the ancient holy texts and commentary.]]>