Rumi was one of the great mystical poets of all time, a vibrant figure
whose unorthodox views on love still resonate today. Although little is
known about his life, we do know that he lived in Anatolia, had an
extraordinary spiritual friendship with a man named Shams, and brought
an adopted girl, Kimya, into his family. This stirring novel is Kimya s
storyof how she finds herself drawn to the mysterious Shams, and how, by
marrying him, her soul begins its true journey into fire. Set against
the decline of the Byzantine Empire and the Mongol invasions, this tale
of a tempestuous love affair combines all the timeless themes and
passions of Rumi s own verse."