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During the height of the Ottoman Empire twelve-year-old Johan arrived in Istanbul to become an animal tamer to the white elephant Chota
befriend the sultan's beautiful daughter
and become an apprentice to Sinan
the empire's chief architect. As they build masterpieces
dangerous undercurrents begin to emerge
with jealousy erupting among Sinan's four apprentices.