About the book: 2023 / 1474. The young English knight Leo Thornville, on behalf of his uncle, an enterprising abbot, participates in a trade trip to Cyprus to purchase wine and fabrics. However, times are such that a trade trip is similar to a military enterprise and no less dangerous than participation in hostilities. The ship on which Leo is sailing. becomes the prey of Turkish pirates, and they resell their captive to other Turks. Thus begins young Leo’s forced journey across the expanses of the Ottoman Empire, where he will have to move stones at construction sites and learn the Turkish language and customs. “Lord, why am I doing this?” - asks Leo. Meanwhile, the Turkish Sultan Mehmed is preparing for the siege of the island of Rhodes and, it seems, Leo, by the will of providence, must play his role in this significant historical event. Sign of information products 16+