Arslan Soykan's solitary cell at Silivri Prison was not merely four walls to him; it was the grave of his ambition. Yet even in that grave Arslan had no intention of lying still. After posting Mert's threatening letter — the one containing Atlas's lab reports — he leaned back against the wall and smiled. It was not the smile of a man who has lost everything. It was the smile of a man who has pulled the pin from a grenade and placed it in his enemy's hands. The Shadow Visitor Two hours after the letter was sent, the iron door of his cell opened at an unusual hour. The man who entered was not a guard. He wore a white coat over civilian clothes, and his eyes held the same glassy coldness Atlas always brought into a room. Arslan was not surprised to see him. He straightened up as if welcomin

