The Drowned Island — Volume 1

 Set in southern Iran nearly a century ago, the first volume of The Drowned Island follows the life of a family whose story unfolds against the distinctive cultural landscape of the Persian Gulf. Through their everyday lives, relationships, struggles, and traditions, the novel offers a vivid portrait of an earlier era—when family ties, local customs, social expectations, and the rhythms of life by the sea shaped the world of southern Iran. Blending family drama with historical and cultural fiction, Volume 1 opens the story of a family whose experiences will echo across generations. 

 As The Drowned Island continues, the story moves deeper into the lives of a family shaped by the traditions, relationships, and changing world of southern Iran. Against the distinctive landscape of the Persian Gulf, the choices and struggles of one generation begin to leave their mark on the next. Family bonds, love, expectations, and the pressures of a changing society intertwine as the characters navigate a world caught between tradition and transformation. Volume 2 carries the family saga forward, revealing how the past continues to shape the lives and destinies of those who follow. 

 In the final volume of The Drowned Island, the story of three generations reaches its culmination as the past and present become increasingly intertwined. Along the shores of the Persian Gulf, memories, family ties, love, loss, and long-held traditions continue to shape the lives of a new generation facing a changing world. The choices made decades earlier still carry consequences, connecting lives across time in unexpected ways. Bringing the family saga to its conclusion, Volume 3 explores what endures across generations—and how people carry the legacy of those who came before them into a future of their own. 

 A Moment Away and Other Stories is a collection of short fiction in which ordinary lives quietly slip into the unexpected. Moving between realism and the uncanny, the stories explore loneliness, memory, loss, love, relationships, and the lingering presence of the past. Familiar moments gradually become strange, mysterious, and sometimes unsettling, revealing how a single encounter, memory, or coincidence can unexpectedly alter the course of a life.