The halcyon days of youth, in which Berk, an adolescent avid for knowledge of a prying mind, spends, are suddenly cut short by the death of his father. This marks a turning point in his life as he suddenly finds himself grown up before his time and befriends by coincidence a veteran retired elderly man, Mete, of dubious character living a life of a recluse and whose sole occupation is fishing. This man, about whose past Berk is curious to know everything, will recount to him his gripping experiences in his profession as an ex-secret agent and his love out of this world which eventually sent...

..... When Murat IV took the throne, the state was in political and financial anarchy. Most of Anatolia and Rumeli had fallen under the control of provincial rebels. Foreign enemies were preparing to take advantage of Ottoman weakness. In the end Murat was able to restore the state and military power and provide the leadership needed to save the empire, but it took him nine years to assert himself. During the first part of his reign, until he reached poverty in 1632, he was under the domination of the political leaders who had brought him to power. After he took personal charge, he was...