Having captivated readers in Turkey, [Rü'yet'in Gölgesinde Lena] is now being introduced to a global readership. By utilizing Google's Gemini AI for translation, we have ensured that the book's unique ambiance and underlying themes are faithfully conveyed in English. Dear Readers, This book delves deep into how pivotal decisions shaped Lena's life journey. As you explore the transformations within Lena's inner world and the challenges she encounters, you are invited to delve into the depths of her character, shaped by her struggles and choices.

Who is Lena? What is she up to? Does she even know her mission? Setting out from an East Berlin neighborhood that is home to former dignitaries, she goes about passing out small, innocent-seeming gifts from Budapest to Transylvania to Kiev. She crosses the Danube delta, the Black Sea, Anatolia, and the Aleppo bazaar. Each time, she crosses borders incognito, claiming to have nothing to declare. A journey at once timeless and inextricable from the great issues of our age, "Lena" combines the intimacy dear to André Juillard and Pierre Christin's predilection for vast geopolitical canvases.

LENAS LEGIONS is a tongue in cheek political thriller that suggests one determined woman is ultimately responsible for many of the woes experienced by male politicos over the past decade. Lena, disaffected by both abuse as a child and a conniving husband (whom she divorces), becomes independently wealthy as the result of an inheritance from her grandmother. Uninterested in the social landscape she becomes a professor at a small girls college and recruits a cadre of young women who share her militant feminist zeal. At Lenas direction the women form a network of moles who play havoc with all the chauvinists in Washington DC. If Lena doesnt like you, you better get out of town!