The Janissary Tree

A concubine is strangled in the Sultan's palace harem, and a young cadet is found butchered in the streets of Istanbul. Delving deep into the city's crooked alleyways, and deeper still into its tumultuous past, the eunuch Yashim discovers that some people will go to any lengths to preserve the traditions of the Ottoman Empire.

O concubina este strangulata in haremul palatului sultanului, iar un tanar cadet este gasit macelarit pe strazile Istanbulului. Cercetand adanc in aleile intortocheate ale orasului si si mai adanc in trecutul sau tumultos, eunucul Yashim descopera ca unii oameni sunt dispusi sa faca orice pentru a pastra traditiile Imperiului Otoman.