New York: Harper Collins, (2011.). SIGNED first edition - The author's first novel, described as 'magical historical fiction' - the story of an 8 year old savant, an orphan, who becomes an advisor to the Sultan himself, a story opening in 1877 in the last years of the Turkish empire, SIGNED on the title page and dated October 19, 2010 before publication. Includes several pages of questions and answers from the author on "the story behind the book." 300 pp.