Shinjitsu Gospel

A Novel of Precision, Perception, and the Quiet Rebellion of Truth. Iman Tawheed born with Asperger syndrome doesn't lie, not because he's noble, but because he's built that way. A Syrian immigrant with a neurodivergent mind and an engineer's sense of order, Iman finds work in a California skincare shop where brutal honesty is supposed to be bad for business. Instead, his unvarnished assessments delivered without charm, apology, or social pretense begin to attract curious customers, confused allies and dangerous attention.
Zainab, a weary single mother running a hair salon next door, isn't looking for romance, especially not with a man who treats courtship like a logistics proposal. But what begins as irritation slowly gives way to something else; the strange comfort of being understood, even without being agreed with. As Iman's rising visibility draws both admiration and suspicion, the couple is forced to confront a harsher truth; in a country that claims to celebrate freedom, clarity can be mistaken for threat and love can't always outrun perception.
Told with piercing wit, subtext rich dialogue, and profound emotional restraint, Shinjitsu Gospel is a novel about the quiet radicalism of staying true to yourself in a culture that demands you perform. It's not a love story. It's a story about what survives when love refuses to lie.