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Nowhere in modern literature has any story exceeded COMING OF AGE in the drama that symbolizes, no matter how large or small a role one plays, how important each human being is in the web of history. The never-ending fight to bring freedom of the press, freedom of speech, and freedom to simply live a life where one can attain peace, without fear of tomorrow, lies at the very core of this monumental tour de force, a gargantuan buffet for those who gorge on historical fiction. Here, the reader endures the agony of shattering defeats, the depths of tragically lost love, and the lowest level to which human depravity can descend, yet ultimately celebrates the triumph of the human spirit as the three protagonists of this epic fight to bring about tikkun olam, the repair of a world in chaos. Above all, this is a COMING OF AGE story: the coming of age of Modern Turkey. If humankind does not learn from the lessons of the past, we are doomed to repeat them over and over, into eternity. This tale is as ancient as our history, yet as immediate as tomorrow. Like Fiddler on the Roof, its universality crosses every border and is common to every culture. And as you come to the end of this mammoth tale, you find yourself reading slower and slower, hoping it does not come to an end, hoping there will be more to this story. And who knows, perhaps one day there will be a sequel ... and another ... and another. This is clearly Hugo N. Gerstl's gift to world literature, his masterpiece. Novels: Scribe (International Best Seller) - The Motherland Saga in three volumes: Legacy, Emergence, and Coming of Age. The Motherland Saga is also available in an Anthology Edition: Legacy - The Birth of Modern Turkey - The Deathmaster - ChildFinders - Oldies But Goodies Show - Amazing Grace (International Best Seller) - Billy Jenkins - Against All Odds (International Best Seller) - Assassin (International Best Seller) - Arcade - The Wrecking Crew (International Best Seller) - Skorzeny - Dancing With the Devil - Stalemate. - Coming Soon: >______________

In Volume One, LEGACY, we witnessed the death of the Ottoman Empire. The Western Powers, who thought they'd have an easy time dismembering the corpse, somehow never reckoned with the courage and resilience of the Turkish people - or that a leader as great as Kemal Atatürk would grab the Motherland by the scruff of the neck and yank it forward five centuries in the span of fifteen years. The fourth major protagonist in this epic, Nadji Akdemir, scion of generations of military pride, enters the tale when Turkey is at its nadir, and afterward joins Turhan Türkoğlu and Halide Orhan at Turkey's rebirth and EMERGENCE as the Motherland builds from within. Meanwhile, as the world descends into a nascent holocaust like none other in history, Abbas Hükümdar hitches his yoke to the rising star that is Hitler's Thousand-Year Reich. Hugo N. Gerstl orchestrates the second movement of this symphony of the human spirit, leaving readers hungering for the finale which is bound to follow. Novels: Scribe (International Best Seller) - The Motherland Saga in three volumes: Legacy, Emergence, and Coming of Age. The Motherland Saga is also available in an Anthology Edition: Legacy - The Birth of Modern Turkey - The Deathmaster - ChildFinders - Oldies But Goodies Show - Amazing Grace (International Best Seller) - Billy Jenkins - Against All Odds (International Best Seller) - Assassin (International Best Seller) - Arcade - The Wrecking Crew (International Best Seller) - Skorzeny - Dancing With the Devil - Stalemate. - Coming Soon: >______________

Today, Turkey stands at the center of the world, as it has for millennia. Yet, once again, its position as an international power is ambiguous. It straddles the Occident and the Orient, yet it is neither comfortable with or trusted by either East or West. Beneath its glittering exterior, Turkey is a dormant volcano, ready to explode again, as it has done so many times throughout history. In LEGACY, we meet Turhan Türkoğlu and Abbas Hükümdar, victims of unspeakable poverty and cruelty, each of whom will walk entirely different paths in life. We come face to face with Halide Orhan, one of the greatest heroines of modern literature. In this volume, we witness the death throes of a decaying superpower, the Ottoman Empire, and the beginning of the modern era, marked by the horrors of World War I. Each of these three characters leave their indelible imprint on their Motherland. Hugo N. Gerstl, international bestselling author, lived in Turkey during two of the most turbulent years of its modern history, and the love with which he writes this monumental saga is palpable. This volume, translated and published in Turkey as MIRAS, is one of only a handful of epics about Turkey by a foreign writer to be accorded the honor of publication by a respected Turkish publishing house. Novels: Scribe (International Best Seller) - The Motherland Saga in three volumes: Legacy, Emergence, and Coming of Age. The Motherland Saga is also available in an Anthology Edition: Legacy - The Birth of Modern Turkey - The Deathmaster - ChildFinders - Oldies But Goodies Show - Amazing Grace (International Best Seller) - Billy Jenkins - Against All Odds (International Best Seller) - Assassin (International Best Seller) - Arcade - The Wrecking Crew (International Best Seller) - Skorzeny - Dancing With the Devil - Stalemate. - Coming Soon: >______________