Vale of Shadows

What happens when four young adults fall victim to a curse from 500 years earlier? In Rob Dakin's, Vale of Shadows, readers are treated to a beautifully crafted, modern thriller packed with history, the supernatural, and a good old-fashioned love story. In the 16th Century, during the Ottoman invasion of Albania, a curse is cast. Five hundred years later, six teenagers in Istanbul witness a murder and one of the boys, Altin Guler, flees to America. Fast forward to the present, when his son Jeff comes to Turkey for earthquake relief, meets up with Orhan, the nephew of another witness, and they are joined by Aubrey and Jonathan. How could they know that they have been targeted for death, and that a Roma clan has been sworn to protect the family of Orhan? With the curse and its magical elements driving the story, a skeptical Jeff struggles with profound emotions- fear, loneliness, love- as he and his friends are propelled into the eternal battle of good versus evil. In this gripping mystery fraught with mysticism and revenge, love and determination, readers are swept into a vortex of treachery. Will the four survive? And what is this curse that they finally confront in the isolated mountains of Albania?