Shadows of Makena (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798279493081)

She was taught to disappear. But some places refuse to let you go.

When a fractured transmission surfaces from the far edges of Kenya's coast, Makena-spy, survivor, and a woman who has lived too many lives-hears the one voice she never expected again: Kwame's. His message is a warning, a map, and a ghost calling her into the open.

Drawn from Nairobi's neon-lit undercurrents to the deep green hush of Mathioya's forests, Makena and her team-Jazz, Tessa, Ben, and young Amani-follow a trail of coded whispers, abandoned research stations, and riverbeds that remember more than they reveal. Each step unravels a conspiracy stitched between countries and continents, where nothing stays buried and silence can be the most dangerous language.

But Makena carries her own fault lines. Raised in the quiet mountains of West Virginia, trained in the shadows of Kenya's intelligence world, she has spent years walking the line between two identities-and running from the truth of both. Now, someone has forced her past and present to collide.

To find Kwame-and survive what he left behind-Makena must decide who she is when every mask is stripped away.

Atmospheric, emotional, and taut with quiet danger, Shadows of Makena is a story of loyalty, loss, and the landscapes that shape us-written with the pulse of an espionage thriller and the heart of literary fiction.