First of all congratulations for the very fluent novel. However I wanna share some of my critics. I have found too many historical mistakes. Let me share. 1. In the war of Kosovo the Ottoman army was commanded by Murad the Second. He was not in his palace in Edirne. 2. Mehmed the Second got the title Fatih (Conqueror) only after he conquered Constantinople, not after the Kosovo War, actually even in the book his father questions why they call him Conqueror. 3. Of course Sehzade Mehmet did not kill Ladislas himself, how can it be possible, come on… 4. You mention that Halil Pasha started the devshirme system upon the order by Murad. Surprisingly the names are correct, but it was the grandfather Kara Halil Pasha, and the order given by Murad the First, not our Murad, the father of Fatih. 5. And the biggest mistake. From the book: ” 1451 Edirne – Mehmed was girded for the second time in his life with the great sword in the mosque of Eyub and …” Mr. Hight, the Eyup Sultan Mosque is in Istanbul and was built in 1458, five years after the conquest. As for the great sword, if you mention the sword of the Prophet Mohammad (S.A.V.), that relic was brought to Istanbul I think by Selim the Yavuz in the 16th century. (After that, all Ottoman sultans were crowned by that sword in the Eyub Sultan Mosque) Such historical mistakes ruin the book. You could have asked a historian read the book before it was published. Best regards, Ilhan