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Can Saskia van Essen outwit corrupt power and a global darknet market to rescue children before the next shipment of images appears. "A sharp, atmospheric procedural set on a forbidding island."When new images of pale, purple-eyed children surface online, Interpol s threads point to an impossible place: the cliff-bound city of Si Empra. Saskia van Essen, a diminutive financial-security consultant with a talent for reading ledgers as others read faces, is recruited quietly to the island. What begins as a technical check on finances becomes a descent into a half-modern, half-ancient society where Cryptal tunnels breathe mylin, Crystalmakers hide their crimes, and a tech-savvy moderator runs a darknet marketplace from within polite company.Every discovery forces Saskia to navigate politics, broken treaties, and the island s curious class system: guild masters, Lians, and an Ulrugh who wears power like a careful garment. As she tracks payments and infiltrates forums, the line between rescue and exposure narrows because every leak risks tipping the whole operation into violence. The island s hidden pathways and online marketplaces hold the same secret: someone has learned to turn children into currency, and stopping them means breaking traditions no one dares touch.????? PUBLISHERS WEEKLY S BOOKLIFE PRIZE AWARD WINNER!????? CHANTICLEER INTERNATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST FOR MYSTERY & MAYHEM!????? MAINCREST MEDIA BOOK AWARD IN THE MYSTERY/SUSPENSE CATEGORY! Perfect for fans of crime, thriller, and fantasy alike, The Website is a fast-paced, genre-mashing mystery novel that intertwines the beloved urban fantasy world of Si Empra with the harsh realities of a child trafficking investigation.