A sacred hand. A hidden route. A witness no one can afford to let live.
After the revelations of The Mandala Vault, artifact conservator Mara Vale receives a silver hamsa amulet wrapped in a school photograph and a strip of cloth from a life jacket. At first, the object looks like a personal charm: a protective hand, blue glass, old repairs, and a prayer almost worn away by touch.
Then Mara discovers the amulet is part of a hidden protection route moving endangered witnesses across the Mediterranean.
From Marseille and Tunis to Malta, Istanbul, and Geneva, Mara, journalist Noah Saye, and Interpol investigator Leila Haddad uncover a system that has learned to counterfeit sanctuary. Copied hamsa symbols are being used to identify refugees, expose witnesses, and turn humanitarian rescue work into a hunting ground for the powerful.
But the hamsa is not only an artifact.
It is a promise.
And once enemies learn to read a symbol of protection, the people who trusted it may have nowhere left to hide.
The Hamsa Protocol is a fast, intelligent artifact thriller for readers who enjoy sacred symbols, international conspiracy, museum mysteries, Mediterranean suspense, secret networks, and historical intrigue with modern stakes.