諾貝爾獎得主帕慕克2022年最新作品，描述奧圖曼帝國時期，一艘船上載著三位主角來到中亞的薩梅列格羅，已覆亡蘇丹的公主帕綺澤，和她的丈夫醫生，以及皇家化學士帕夏博士，他們各自肩負不同的任務，且彼此都知道，他們可能不會活過這週，但此時城市的不僅是政治陰謀，還有恐怖的瘟疫在暗中潛伏… An epic and playful mystery of passion, fear, scandal and murder, from one of history's master storytellers. 1901. Night draws in. With the stealth of a spy vessel, the royal ship Aziziye approaches the famous vistas of Mingheria, the twenty-ninth 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. Not all of them will survive the weeks ahead. There are rumours of plague - rumours some in power will try to suppress. But plague is not the only killer. Mingheria is on the cusp of catastrophe, and the future of a fragile empire is at stake.