Lior Samson

Lior Samson writes political thrillers that challenge the imagination and probe issues of personal, religious, and national identity. A university professor, consultant, and science fiction author with more than a dozen books and hundreds of articles to his credit, he lives with his wife and their two children in Massachusetts.

“[Samson has a] talent for melding thought-provoking intrigue with non-stop action…[and] profound concern about where politics and religion are leading the world.” –Peter Gordon, Addison Wesley publishing partner


It's 1963. A gifted and inquisitive student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology stumbles on a storage room filled with unusual supplies. What begins as a student stunt soon explodes into a life-changing misadventure. Decades later, an unexpected encounter with a college classmate shakes a world-weary computer consultant out of his routine and brings him face-to-face with a distant past that he must quickly decipher—or die.

Bashert, meaning fate, is an intricate and intense political thriller, a tale of intrigue and innocence, devotion and destiny. Inspired by a real events, Bashert is a page turner that caroms between continents and across timeframes as it narrates a story of betrayal and self-sacrifice set against the backdrop of Israel's emergence as a nuclear power. [June 2010, 274pp Gesher Press, ISBN 9780984377206]
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“Perfect!…a page turner that spins a good story.”
Peter Gordon, editor
“Exciting book! Full of
intrigue and suspense, with characters worth caring for.”
  David Tutelman,
retired engineer