The King, The Queen, The Cover

Noor-e-Hindustan-the Light of Hindustan-that's what they called her. That's what the winds whispered as the most precious daughter of Shahenshah Jahangir stepped aboard a ship bound for the Ottoman Sultanate. Shahzadi Mehrunisa, a jewel of the Mughal Empire, was sent not for love, but for power-for peace.

Persia stirred restlessly, threatening the balance of empires. In a world where politics masked emotions and alliances decided destinies, the Ottomans turned to the Mughals. And so, a political marriage was forged: between the newly crowned, 14-year-old Sultan Ahmed, and a princess raised to command with grace, cunning, and steel beneath silk.

But Mehrunissa did not come alone. With her sailed shadows-her loyal guard, her spies, her secrets-and Malik, the man who held her heart.

What unfolds is not just a tale of empires and war, but of passion and sacrifice, ambition and survival. In the golden cages of Constantinople, where power is as seductive as it is deadly, a young empress must carve a place for herself-between duty and desire, crown and heart.