Foreword

Over the past twenty years building OnePIN, I have traveled to more than forty countries – meeting people, bridging cultures, and gaining perspectives that shaped both my work and my life.

On the morning of July 5, 2025, two days before my scheduled flight to Ankara, Turkey, I awoke from a vivid dream. In it, I was on that very trip – seated in 4K, my actual seat assignment – crossing the Atlantic toward our Ankara office. The dream’s details were sharp, its emotions intense. It felt less like a dream and more like a premonition. The impact was so strong that I considered canceling my trip. But after reflection, I chose to move forward with my travel plans. That decision became the bridge between reality and fiction.

The Guardian: Mission Northern Atlantic grew from that dream. I kept the protagonist’s name as my own because the heart of the story revolved around me – my experiences, my questions, and the blurred lines between memory, imagination, and possibility.

Though the events in these pages are fictional, they are rooted in the emotions and imagery of that morning. In many ways, this novel is my reflection of a journey that began before the plane ever left the ground.

– Feyzi Çelik