Empire of Lies

Empire of Lies is a sweeping thriller in the tradition of The Man in the High Castle, Fatherland, and Underground Airlines from New York Times bestselling author Raymond Khoury.

ΓÇ£The best what-if thriller for a long, long timeΓÇömakes you think, makes you sweat, and makes you choose, between what is and what might have been.ΓÇ¥ΓÇöLee Child

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 bedroomΓÇönaked, covered in strange tattoosΓÇöto deliver a dangerous, world-changing message.

Paris, 2017: Ottoman flags have been flying over the great city for three hundred years, ever since its fallΓÇöalong with all of EuropeΓÇöto the empireΓÇÖs all-conquering army. Notre Dame has been renamed the Fatih Mosque. Public spaces are segregated by gender. And Kamal Arslan Agha, a feted officer in the sultanΓÇÖs 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 caseloadΓÇöand conscience.

When a mysterious strangerΓÇönaked, covered in strange tattoosΓÇöappears on the banks of the Seine, Kamal is called in to investigate. But what he discovers is a secret buried in the empireΓÇÖs past, a secret the Sultan will do anything to silence.

With the mysterious Z Protectorate one step behind, Kamal, together with NisreenΓÇöa fierce human rights lawyerΓÇöis caught up in a race across the empire and time itselfΓÇöa race that could change their world, or destroy it.

Empire of Lies is being published as The Ottoman Secret in the UK.