English Kemal

Istanbul is occupied. Empires are collapsing. And one man can move between enemy lines because no one is quite sure who he really is. Ahmet Esat is young, blond, blue-eyed, and fluent in the manners of Europe. A boxer by training and an intelligence operative by necessity, he can pass through worlds closed to almost everyone around him. Under changing names and identities, he enters dangerous circles, gathers information, survives imprisonment and exile, and plays a deadly game of deception against forces far more powerful than himself. Inspired by the extraordinary life of Ahmet Esat Tomruk—better known as English Kemal —this historical espionage novel follows a man whose greatest weapon is not a gun, but the ability to become someone else. ENGLISH KEMAL is a story of espionage, courage, identity, and survival set against the turbulent aftermath of the First World War and the Turkish War of Independence.