In Muhammad Kazeminiya's intelligence-security novel "Alongside the Commander," the "book reader" serves as the second most significant decision-maker in the story after the first character, "Commander," who plays the lead role.

* Would you elaborate more on your book and the composing of it?

"Alongside the Commander" is an informational-operational novel with a unique level of excitement. The book's atmosphere is very modern, and the audience can completely immerse themselves in it. The story's style is important, and it is one of the book's pillars, as well as its most appealing feature. The book's style is chosen in such a way that the audience has a role in choosing the path of the story, and any problem or incident that occurs in the story's continuation is entirely the audience's duty.

* What was the inspiration behind writing this book?

The main goal of this book was to put the audience in that situation and see how they would react and make decisions under that circumstance. The inspiration for this book was to connect teenagers and young people with the significant events that happened during this crucial period in the history of Islam and events that have a positive impact still in the Islamic society.

* Currently, how much access does a narrator or historian have to the documents and sources he needs, and what are the obstacles in front of someone who wants to access these sources and documents?

History is ambiguous, which means that even though many cases haven't been resolved for us as they should have been, we can still find a lot of hints with further investigation. We have a historical text and a historical analysis because the historical text contains hints from the past, but it is the content analysis that can unravel the maze of issues. Another issue in this field is that some novels call for details, but the translated sources are not always as accurate as they should be.

We put a lot of time into the research before we started writing the book; that is, the research was done first, and then it was turned into a cohesive story that we hope the audience will enjoy.