Slowly, Slowly, Perigee Moon

Slowly, Slowly, Perigee Moon is a mystery steeped in secrets, deceptions, transitions and twists of fate. Three, seemingly unrelated, tales weave through historic and modern-day Turkey with unexpected discoveries en route.

The Ottoman Empire in 1922 is crumbling. In Constantinople, Sultan Mehmed VI, struggles to hang onto power amidst the rampages of nationalist Mustafa Kemal Atatrk. Meanwhile, Ayegl, a young concubine and carpet weaver at the Dolmabahe Palace harem, has two secrets that could cost her her life.

While Ayegl struggles with her plight, south of Constantinople, Demetrius, a Greek soldier, has escaped the Turkish victory at the battle of Dumlupnar. He is desperate to get home to Greece via Smyrna, but the ravages of the war force him to alter course.

Forward to 2013: Molo, a young American, revisits modern-day Istanbul to avenge dear friend Adrian, for a tragedy that befell him there in 2005 at the hands of the nefarious mer. Plans change when another old friend, Paz, appears with unsettling news. That night, Molo uncovers a mysterious note in a book. What does it mean? Who put it there? The two friends fly to southwestern Turkey seeking a reckoning with mer.

But things are not as they seem...