The English slave of the Sultan. Starshov E.

1474. The young English knight Leo Tornville, on behalf of his uncle, an entrepreneurial abbot, participates in a trading trip to Cyprus - to purchase wine and fabrics. However, the times are such that a trading trip is similar to a military enterprise and is no less dangerous than participation in military operations. The ship on which Leo floats becomes the prey of Turkish pirates, and they resell their captive to other Turks.

So the forced journey of young Leo begins along the vastness of the Ottoman Empire, where you have to turn stones at construction sites, learn Turkish and customs. "Lord, what is it for me for?" - asks Leo. And at this time, the Turkish Sultan Mehmed is preparing for the siege of the island of Rhodes and, it seems, Leo should play a role in this noticeable historical event.