After the Strike

A refugee teacher flees Tehran with a foundling—and an enemy pilot.

After a nuclear burst shatters her city, Amara Masoud escapes with two-year-old Raza, a child she pulled from rubble with no papers and no clean story. In Pakistan, she finds Daniel Levy, an injured IDF helicopter pilot, and keeps him alive in secret because leaving him to die would finish what the war started. Every checkpoint demands silence, bribes, and the right face. Every line threatens to "verify" the child. Every mile makes love a liability and mercy a risk—and forces Amara to choose what she can't lose.

How far will she go before the last ship closes its gate?