Moses Greeley Parker Memorial Library (Dracut)

Empire of lies, Raymond Khoury

eng

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fiction

Empire of lies

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Raymond Khoury

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, naked, covered in strange tattoos, to deliver a dangerous, world-changing message. Paris, 2017: Ottoman flags have been flying over the great city for 300 years, ever since its fall, along with all of Europe, to the empire's all-conquering army. And Kamal Arslan Agha, a feted officer in the sultan's secret police, is starting to question his orders. Rumors of an impending war with the Christian Republic of America, attacks by violent extremists, and economic collapse have heightened surveillance and arrests across the empire. Tasked with surveying potential threats, Kamal has a heavy caseload and conscience. 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

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