Istanbul - in antiquity called the Land of the Blind - is a city where old and new collide. The fallout can be deadly... Beneath the ruined Constantinople Hippodrome lies a body: a woman clutching a piece of red stone. She's recently given birth but the baby is gone. Inspector Cetin Ikmen discovers she was Ariadne Savva a Byzantine specialist trying to protect the historic areas of Istanbul threatened by property developer Ahmet Oden. As Ikmen searches for the child and the facts behind Ariadne's death the people of Istanbul rise up in protest against their government. Amid the chaos Ikmen must search for the truth...