By Soraya Radfield
A memory. A message. A chase across continents.

Hannah Goldstein thought she understood absence. Her husband, Ethan, a senior analyst at Orion Global Partners, vanished without a trace. Since then, Hannah—a renowned cultural anthropologist immersed in Ottoman history—is on a mission to find Ethan in the city they once loved together: Istanbul.

But when a distorted voice message arrives—one only she could interpret—Hannah’s grief transforms into a chase. Joined by her brother Jacob, a quiet strategist with his own secrets, she follows a trail of hidden data, encoded messages, and buried truths pointing to a defunct intelligence programme known only as Cedrela.

Their journey takes them deep into forgotten archives, underground rituals, and cities shaped by memory: Istanbul, Bucharest, Chisinau, Tbilisi, and Yerevan. But they’re not the only ones listening. Surveillance shadows their steps. And Ethan’s legacy may hold a secret someone is willing to erase—at any cost.

If memory can be rewritten, what becomes of love?

Buy now and follow the voice before it fades forever.

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