Türkiye, 1923. The government bans the Arabic language and reforms the writing system, introducing an adjusted version of the Latin alphabet. Calligraphers, servants of Allah and the sultans, are no longer needed by anyone; scribe schools are being closed one after another. Rikkat, the main character, as a girl ends up in one of these schools, where she meets Selim, an old virtuoso calligrapher, whose acquaintance will forever connect her with the mysterious art of calligraphy. An amazingly beautiful oriental novel telling about the fate of a woman who was disappointed in men and gave herself to the noblest the art of depicting the Divine word. This book immerses the reader into the completely unknown, strange and mystical world of Arabic calligraphy.