Einstein in the Attic by Dana Dargos, Said Al Bizri
Children are not shy about asking the tough, practically unanswerable questions of our existence, such as, “What happens after we die?” However, haunted by a fundamentally unanswerable question his eleven-year-old self asked, present-day quantum physicist Adam Reemi turns to four critical scientific and philosophical minds for answers, including none other than Albert Einstein, Isaac Newton, Soren Kierkegaard and Baruch Spinoza. In the stunning science fiction adventure, Einstein in the Attic (Solstice Publishing), written by Dana Dargos and Said Al Bizri, Reemi goes on an unforgettable adventure through space and time, hosting these top minds — all within the four walls of his small attic, and a mind-bending episode of time travel.
RELIGION AND SCIENCE GO HEAD-TO-HEAD
The story really begins in a war-torn Lebanon where an eleven-year-old Adam Reemi was hiding in his family’s bathroom. When he witnesses an execution right outside his bathroom window, he begins to question the evil people do to one another. But when the incident was shortly thereafter followed by his mother’s tragic death, Adam finds himself asking questions no close-knit, religious family would want their child to ask.
The eleven-year-old began to actively question his family’s and elders’ beliefs in God as a “benevolent and almighty savior” who they could access through prayer. He questioned what to expect after death. And he questioned why his mother had to play a role in any of this.
Unable to get answers from those around him, the tween turned to science and evolution for answers instead and discovered the fundamental disagreements between science and religion, as well as the many studies that had already been done by some of the greats in the attempt to answer the question of whether or not there was a God.
A TIME MACHINE AND A GIVER OF TRUTH
Twenty-five years later, obsessed with his ongoing search for truth, grieving his mother, and relentlessly studying the works of his childhood idol, Albert Einstein, Adam takes the tremendous leap of faith to build a machine that could give him the answers that he believed present-day minds could not.
So when the professor of quantum physics is shown a “pet project” that his mentee, Mark Von Muntz, was working on, Adam is quick to involve himself in his infinite need to absolve the evil in the world. Muntz called his machine a “Nano Hadron Collider,” with an impressive bronze ring and an electric sky-blue cylinder-shaped generator, specifically formed with the intention of traveling through time.
In what Adam stages as a scientific and philosophical fact-finding mission, Adam convinces his student to utilize the time machine to bring back four of the greatest minds — Einstein, Newton, Kierkegaard and Spinoza — to host arguably one of the most important conversations in history from the comfort and privacy of his attic.
A SPELLBINDINGLY ORIGINAL, INTELLECTUAL AND FASCINATING EXAMPLE OF SCIENCE-FICTION
In a stunning scientific achievement, Adam and Mark find themselves face-to-face with the four greats, collected captivatingly and somewhat whimsically in the confines of the attic space, all according to plan. Perhaps what the pair did not expect, however, was the depth and excitement at which the following debate would ensue.
Unfortunately, as time travel is a meddlesome act, there are consequences that arise for this intellectual band of characters that Adam personally has to contend with, forcing him specifically to consider the continued ramifications of the obsessions that had plagued him for so long.
This incredibly fast-paced and thoughtful tale is perfect for lovers of science fiction, time travel, and even those who actively study the scientific theories presented in this book, as these characters can more than meaningfully contribute to such a conversation.
Einstein in the Attic is available in paperback on Amazon and as an eBook from Barnes & Noble.
About Dana Dargos:
Dana Dargos is a published Lebanese-American author, writer and creative content creator born and raised in the Bay Area. Her diligence, perseverance, and passion for writing led to her graduating from UC Berkeley’s English Literature program in 2018.
During and after college, she held a variety of positions, such as a columnist, magazine, and film review writer, an editor, a technical writer, and content creator for various companies, including Facebook.
In addition to writing, Dana enjoys a myriad of activities in her spare time. Her favorite hobbies include traveling, reading, fashion, shopping, painting, fighting for activist causes, self-care, acting, making babies laugh, indulging in film, horseback riding, playing hockey, adventuring, learning new things, cosplaying, hanging out with her friends and family, fencing, spending time at the spa, spoiling her bunny, Fufi, rotten and sprinkling a little humor into life.
Einstein in the Attic is her debut novel.
About Said Al Bizri:
Said Al Bizri started working on Einstein in the Attic with his niece, Dana Dargos, in 2015 and completed it in 2020.
