The Dervish House
Ian McDonald
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
3.83
· 18 ratings · 359 pages · Published: 28 Feb 2009
In the sleepy Istanbul district of Eskiköy stands the former whirling dervish house of Adem Dede. Six characters' lives revolve around it.
A retired economist from the Greek community is hired into a top-security think tank, but keeps a dark secret from another century.
A nine-year-old boy, confined to a silent world by a heart condition where any sudden sound could kill him, becomes a reluctant detective.
A rogues trader sets up the deal o the century smuggling contraband gas but discovers it's only the tip of an iceberg of corporate fraud.
An art dealer takes an offer she can't refuse--a genuine legend of old Istanbul--and finds herself swept up in ancient intrigues and rivalries.
A slacker finds his life forever changed after an act of urban terrorism gives him the ability to see djinn--and they're just the start.
A young marketing graduate has five days to save a family nanotechnology start-up with a new product that may just change the world.
Over the space of five days of an Istanbul heat wave, these lives weave a story of corporate wheeling and dealing, Islamic mysticism, political and economic intrigues, ancient Ottoman mysteries, a terrifying new terrorist threat, and a nanotechnology with the potential to transform every human on the planet.
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