TY  - BOOK
AU  - Khoury,Raymond
TI  - Empire of Lies
SN  - 9781643584867
AV  - PR6111.H68 E57 2020b
PY  - 2020///
CY  - Thorndike, Maine
PB  - Center Point Large Print
KW  - Time travel
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Turkey
KW  - History
KW  - Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918
KW  - Istanbul (Turkey)
KW  - 17th century
KW  - Paris (France)
KW  - 21st century
KW  - Historical fiction
KW  - lcgft
KW  - Suspense fiction
KW  - gsafd
KW  - Science fiction
KW  - Alternative histories (Fiction)
KW  - Thrillers (Fiction)
N2  - "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 three hundred years, ever since its fall-along with all of Europe-to the empires 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 sultans 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 empires past, a secret the Sultan will do anything to silence"--Provided by publisher
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