City of Steel - Paperback

Nineteen-year-old Laila returns to Damascus upon learning of her father's sudden death in Syria, determined to reclaim her heritage and honor his memory. Despite warnings to avoid those tied to the ruling regime, she falls for Ali, the son of a powerful general. Caught between family expectations and a forbidden romance, Laila discovers a city on the brink of revolution, realizing that the City of Steel might hold the key to her identity and her heart's true desires. Laila finds the city's tapestry is woven by dreamers and the most faithful, concealing secrets within its ancient walls, but loyalty is the only truth and might be the key to survival. The question for Laila that remains is loyalty to whom.