Shattering Effect

Abandoned on southern England's wintry shores, Leila does not speak and seems to have no memory. Still, despite her many secrets, her rescuer, a professor of Arabic studies, falls deeply in love with the beautiful vulnerable, newly pregnant girl, and when she recovers, they marry. Their future looks promising.Leila's memories come back in fragments: a privileged childhood, the violent death of her parents, recollections of her first love, and her escape. But she keeps her tragic past locked away, until one day, that past becomes a threat to all she holds dear. Leaving the caves of Afghanistan and Pakistan for London, 'The Wolf,' a significant financier of terrorism, wants revenge on the man who has foiled several of his plans - Leila's husband.Overlaid by tragic 21st-century world events, this is a tale of differing cultures and conflicting personalities forced together and unaware of their devastating common bond.What they all discover will irrevocably shake their worlds, and not everyone will survive.