The Patient Dervish

Istanbul.

Coveted city of emperors, sultans…and secrets. Beneath its crowded streets and forgotten cisterns lies a mystery guarded for centuries by forces willing to kill—and die—to protect it.

Reverend Emil Stone and Misha "Puzzle" Kaslov arrive in the Old City chasing whispers of an artifact older and darker than any they've ever encountered. As they descend into a labyrinthine world of ancient temples, secret sects, and old alliances, the lines between ally and enemy begin to erode.

Caught between scholars, clerics, extremists, and their own orders, Emil and Puzzle find themselves confronting the unthinkable: the truths they've spent their lives protecting may not be truths at all.

Some questions are more dangerous than the answers.

And some secrets were never meant to be uncovered.

AUTHOR'S NOTE: The Patient Dervish is a companion novella to Ghost In The Machine (Shades Below, #3), but can also be read as a standalone.