Ian McDonald’s The Dervish House is a science fiction novel set in near-future Istanbul. Nanotechnology is about to change the world as completely for this generation as information technology did for the previous one. Already, people regularly take nano to improve their focus. The novel follows six protagonists, all of whom live in the “Dervish House” in Adem Dede Square, which is in Eskiköy. The action of the novel begins with the suicide bombing of a public tram.
Necdet Hasgüler witnesses the bombing and soon after begins to see religious visions including...
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