Zohra Hashimi knew she was going to die.

She had one last desperate attempt to escape.

She reached out to Zeb Carter.

The police, the Revolutionary Guards, just about everyone in authority is cracking down on Tehran's protesters. Women who defy the country's strict rules are in particular danger.

Fleeing for her life, Zohra Hashimi takes refuge in a Tehran basement along with several other women.

Only she knows the authorities aren't the only ones she has to be terrified of.

The women are resigned to dying. After all, how long can they hide from the police.

Zohra is resigned too.

She has to make one last attempt though. The secrets she is carrying cannot die with her.

She reaches out to one person, a man she considers to be her brother.

She reaches out to Zeb Carter.

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