"Istanbul, 1683: Mehmed IV, sultan of the Ottoman Empire, is preparing to lay siege to Vienna, capital of the Holy Roman Empire, when a mysterious visitor arrives in his bedroom ... to deliver a dangerous, world-changing message. Paris, 2017: Ottoman flags have been flying over the great city for more than three hundred years, ever since its fall--along with all of Europe--to the empire's all-conquering army. But Kamal Arslan Agha, a fêted officer in the sultan's secret police, is starting to question his orders. Rumors of an impending war, attacks by violent extremists, and economic collapse have heightened surveillance and arrests across the empire ... When a mysterious stranger--naked, covered in strange tattoos--appears on the banks of the Seine, Kamal is called in to investigate. But what he discovers is a secret buried in the empire's past, a secret the sultan and his men will do anything to silence"--Dust jacket flap.
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