The story takes place in the Ottoman Empire in the late 1590s, when the Sultan secretly commissioned a great book to celebrate his life and empire. Four outstanding miniaturists of the day gathered in Istanbul to paint a book that was said to shake up religion and society. At this time, young Hei, who had been away from home for twelve years for love, finally returned at the call of his lover's father. What greeted him was not only love, but also murders that followed, and the clues were hidden somewhere in the unfinished pictures in the book...
