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Tamam Shud
Paperback
Publisher: Karmen-Ita
Published: Jun 9 2026
Pages: 326
Weight: 0.83
Height: 0.68 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Adelaide, Australia. December 1, 1948.
A man is found dead on Somerton Beach. No name. No cause of death. No identity. In the lining of his clothing, a small piece of paper torn from a rare book. Two words in Persian: Tamam Shud - it is over.
The case becomes one of the most baffling unsolved mysteries of the twentieth century. The man is never identified. The cipher found with him is never broken.
Until a young researcher finds a file on a Thursday afternoon in March 2026 - and realizes the code was never meant to be broken in 1948. It was written for now. And what it contains will change everything.
A historical thriller spanning 1848, 1948, and 2026. Three lives. One message. A two-thousand-year system of power that is finally, irreversibly, falling.
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