Special Agent Omar Zagouri’s latest case is his most dangerous—and his most personal yet. The discovery of secret sixteenth-century letters unveils a plot between the sultan Suleyman and his chief wife, Roxelane, to change the course of the Ottoman Empire. A descendent of Roxelane, Zagouri learns he has an enemy whose revenge has been centuries in the making.
Targeted by an antiquities collector who’s also descended from a chief rival for the ancient throne, Zagouri soon uncovers a modern-day conspiracy that threatens the lives of his family and the security of a nation.
To expose the plot, Zagouri must team up with Naim, the son of his nemesis, who heads an international black-market operation that may have ties to the killings. From ancient Constantinople to the present-day Middle East, Zagouri is on a collision course with history. Time is running out to solve a royal mystery and stop a ruthless killer—one who has Zagouri’s name on his hit list.
Slave Queen is the third book in the Omar Zagouri Thriller Series. So far I've loved this series and it's always had a lot of action and the back and forth between present day and the past is so masterfully done. The new book does the same thing again presenting the story of present day events and the story from the perspective of sultan Suleyman and his chief wife, Roxelane, who through their relationship changed the course of the Ottoman Empire.I felt in this book that Omar's story took a back seat to the story of Suleyman and Roxelane and I was very pleased about that fact. I couldn't get enough of this couple. I actually found myself racing through the present day action, (It was really good, believe me!) but I was captured by the romance of the Sultan and his wife.
If you've never read a book in this series, reading this one would be OK, but you will have a more rewarding experience if you start with book one, then two and then reading this third book. I hope that there are more books to come in this series. I also hope that the author keeps this same format of blending in the present and the past because why break something that is a winning formula?
