The Janissary Tree

WinnerOfTheEdgarAwardForBestNovelItIs1836.EuropeIsModernizingAndTheOttomanEmpireMustFollowSuit.ButJustBeforeTheSultanAnnouncesSweepingChanges,AWaveOfMurdersThreatensTheFragileBalanceOfPowerInHisCourt.WhoIsBehindThem?OnlyOneIntelligenceAgentCanBeTrustedToFindOut:Yashim,AManBothBrilliantAndNear-InvisibleInThisWorld,AnInvestigatorWhoCanWalkWithEaseInTheGreatHallsOfTheEmpire,InItsStreets,AndEvenWithinItsHarems--Because,OfCourse,YashimIsAEunuch.HisInvestigationPointsToTheJanissaries,Who,ForFourHundredYearsWereTheEmpire'SEliteSoldiers.CrushedByTheSultan,CouldTheyNowBeStagingABrutalComeback?AndCanTheyBeStoppedWithoutThrowingIstanbulIntoPoliticalChaos?ThisFirstBookInTheInvestigatorYashimSeriesIsARichlyEntertainingTale,FullOfExoticHistoryAndIntrigue.