An epic and playful mystery of passion, fear, scandal and murder, from one of history\'s master storytellers.1901.
Mingheria is on the cusp of catastrophe, and the future of a fragile empire is at stake..
There are rumours of Plague - rumours some in power will try to suppress.
But Plague is not the only killer.
Not all of them will survive the weeks ahead.
The ship carries Princess Pakize, the daughter of a deposed sultan, her doctor husband, and the Royal Chemist, Bonkowski Pasha.
Night draws in.
With the stealth of a spy vessel, the royal ship Aziziye approaches the famous vistas of Mingheria, the twenty-ninth state of the ailing Ottoman Empire.
An epic and playful mystery of passion, fear, scandal and murder, from one of history\'s master storytellers.1901