A calligrapher who inks divine verses for the Sultan becomes the only calm in his Empire of silence and sin; and though he forbids all intoxication, her scent, her script, her stillness become the last forbidden indulgence. She carved God's name in gold; yet he saw his own reflection in every letter. "𝘠𝘰𝘶'𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦," 𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥, 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘸, 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘴. "𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘺," 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘥. "𝘐 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥." 𝘏𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘳. "𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘏𝘪𝘮 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘦𝘯𝘥."

"Every decision I make, I make for this Empire. But she... she is the reason I fight." Ripped from her noble Venetian life and thrown into the heart of the Ottoman Empire, Cecilia Venier-Baffo refuses to be just another captive. Armed with intelligence, ambition, and an unshakable belief in destiny, she rises through the ranks of the harem, where power is won through whispers and deception. Reborn as Nurbanu Sultan, she vows to carve her name into history-no matter the cost. But power is a double-edged sword. As love and ambition collide, and betrayals lurk behind every silk curtain, Nurbanu must navigate a treacherous path where loyalty is fleeting, and survival is never guaranteed. The stars have written her fate, but she will decide how the story ends.

She thought she was just a girl sobbing over a tragic scene on TV... until fate gave her the chance to rewrite history. When Zeynep wakes up in 16th-century Ottoman Empire, moments before Şehzade Mustafa's death, she becomes the only one who knows how the story ends. But saving a prince means exposing treachery, battling queens, and playing a dangerous game of thrones-where love might be the sharpest weapon of all. [Based off of Magnificent Century]