Nights of Plague

Orhan Pamuk
Paperback
683 pages

901. Night draws in.With the stealth of a spy vessel, the royal ship Azizye approaches the famous vistas of Mingheria. An emerald build of pink stone.

The 29th state of the ailing Ottoman Empire.The ship carries Princess Pakize, the daughter of a deposed sultan, her doctor husband, and the Royal Chemist, Bonkowski Pasha. Each of them holds a separate mission. Not all of them will survive the weeks ahead.