Within Galata's Shadow
(2026)(The second book in the Aya Amrani Adventure series)
A novel by Zack Hacker
An ancient lens that can open the heavens. A city built on secrets. Aya Amrani has three days to stop both from igniting.
After leaving Morocco, Aya vows Turkey will be where she buries the Aegis for good. But Istanbul hums with older, sharper secrets: hidden Kadıköy vaults, coded tombstones, and whispered legends of the Astral Lens: a device said to harness the very light of the cosmos.
Aya’s new life should be simple: fight the bad guys at Karim Haddad’s side and forget the outlaw past she once shared with Amina Said. Instead, she’s trapped in a love triangle hotter than an Aegean summer. Karim, the principled archaeologist who believes in her better self, needs her focus. Amina, the ex-lover whose djinn-lit scars still glow in the dark, needs her forgiveness. And the Aegis? It just needs Aya alive long enough to unlock the Lens before the next celestial alignment crowns Galata in three days.
Chasing clues from Istanbul’s shadowy bazaars to Cappadocia’s sun-bleached cave cities, the trio deciphers codes hidden in plain sight, braves collapsing tunnels, and matches wits with a mastermind who once called Aya’s father a friend. When the trail leads to the drowned ruins off Bodrum's moonlit coast, ancient glass shards pulse with otherworldly light, and the choice between love, loyalty, and survival turns razor-thin.
One misstep and the Bosphorus will burn blue, taking everyone she loves with it. Can Aya destroy history’s most dangerous invention before she becomes its next sacrifice?
Perfect for fans of Dan Brown, James Rollins, and Indiana Jones, Within Galata’s Shadow delivers breakneck treasure hunts, Ottoman-era science, and a heroine who refuses to be out-run, out-gunned, or out-loved.
Buy Within Galata’s Shadow now and race through Istanbul’s darkest secrets before the stars align.
Genre: Thriller
After leaving Morocco, Aya vows Turkey will be where she buries the Aegis for good. But Istanbul hums with older, sharper secrets: hidden Kadıköy vaults, coded tombstones, and whispered legends of the Astral Lens: a device said to harness the very light of the cosmos.
Aya’s new life should be simple: fight the bad guys at Karim Haddad’s side and forget the outlaw past she once shared with Amina Said. Instead, she’s trapped in a love triangle hotter than an Aegean summer. Karim, the principled archaeologist who believes in her better self, needs her focus. Amina, the ex-lover whose djinn-lit scars still glow in the dark, needs her forgiveness. And the Aegis? It just needs Aya alive long enough to unlock the Lens before the next celestial alignment crowns Galata in three days.
Chasing clues from Istanbul’s shadowy bazaars to Cappadocia’s sun-bleached cave cities, the trio deciphers codes hidden in plain sight, braves collapsing tunnels, and matches wits with a mastermind who once called Aya’s father a friend. When the trail leads to the drowned ruins off Bodrum's moonlit coast, ancient glass shards pulse with otherworldly light, and the choice between love, loyalty, and survival turns razor-thin.
One misstep and the Bosphorus will burn blue, taking everyone she loves with it. Can Aya destroy history’s most dangerous invention before she becomes its next sacrifice?
Perfect for fans of Dan Brown, James Rollins, and Indiana Jones, Within Galata’s Shadow delivers breakneck treasure hunts, Ottoman-era science, and a heroine who refuses to be out-run, out-gunned, or out-loved.
Buy Within Galata’s Shadow now and race through Istanbul’s darkest secrets before the stars align.
Genre: Thriller
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