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Levh-I Mahfuz (Tears Overflowing from the Abyss)
Paperback
Mystery & ThrillerClassic Fiction
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Dec 9 2025
Pages: 292
Weight: 0.75
Height: 0.66 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Before every human, every tribe, and every empire was born, their destiny had already been written in the Preserved Tablet...
But has everything truly been carved into an unseen page, or can fate still be erased and rewritten?
And what if someone could read that hidden tablet-could even command the spaces between its lines?
Sometimes destiny hides in a single sentence; sometimes in the salt of a tear.
History can never keep a secret forever.
And some destinies find a way to touch each other, even centuries later.
Imagine a sky...
Covered with billions of destinies and billions of secrets...
And sometimes, a single tear can change the course of what is written.
The year is 1612, at the dawn of the seventeenth century.
In the magnificent capital of the Ottoman Empire, Constantinople, five gifted students of the Enderun School seal their brotherhood with the name The Elifs.
Yet this bond will carry them far beyond the walls of the palace-into a journey woven with mystery, betrayal, love, and fate.
From the enchanted courtyards of Topkapı Palace to the dark waters of the Basilica Cistern...
From the mountains of Amasya to the centers of learning in India...
And finally, into the deadly Abyss in the Sinai Desert, where no one has ever returned alive.
Blending the tone of legend with the weight of history, this story follows friendships tested by treachery, hearts yearning for freedom, and souls searching for light in the darkness.
Each hero comes from a different land, yet all learn to survive even in the deathly silence of the Abyss-fighting to break their chains with patience, determination, and prayer.
The Elifs' oath of solidarity will shape not only a friendship, but the fate of an empire-and perhaps the fate of the world.
This is not merely a tale of loss...
It is the story of people searching for their own hearts, their own paths, and their own Preserved Tablet.
As the code of destiny is slowly revealed on every page, one question echoes throughout:
Does fate shape the human, or does the human shape fate?
In Enderun Mektebi, Fikret Erkan reaches into the lives of the oppressed-those condemned to death and denied the light of day.
He tells their struggle against the madness of time, and their journey toward the sun, in a voice both powerful and poetic.
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