Şafak Binay

Establishing a bleak village in Eastern Turkey as its setting, Sivas features the story of Aslan, an eleven-year-old boy, and Sivas, a weathered fighting dog who develop a strong relationship after Aslan finds Sivas wounded in a ditch, left to die.

1962. A con artist, his wife, and a dangerous stranger are caught up in the murder of a private detective and are forced to try and escape Athens.

Sinan is sent to Capadocia by his boss, Isfendiyar to write a screenplay. As he waits for inspiration, Sinan finds himself running first into Eylul, the daughter of Izzet, who owns the hotel where he's booked to stay, and then into soap opera star Faruk, his former good friend and present enemy. It isn't long before cabdriver Lokman, who declares himself Sinan's 'chauffeur' and Arif, a local farmer and horse breeder, are part of both Sinan's life and his screenplay. Although plentiful adventures among the magical fairy chimneys, colorful balloons and at the annual grape festival become like a movie for all involved, the happy ending awaited by the boss, Isfendiyar never happens. But the boss insists on his happy ending. And Sinan has to write that ending!

1979年11月4日、テヘラン。イラン革命が激しさを募らせ、その果てにアメリカ大使館を過激派グループが占拠し、52人もの人質を取るという事件が起きる。パニックの中、アメリカ人６名が大使館から逃げ出してカナダ大使の自宅に潜伏。救出作戦のエキスパートとして名をはせるCIAエージェントのトニー・メンデスは、６名が過激派たちに発見され、殺害されるのも時間の問題だと判断。彼らを混乱するテヘランから救出する作戦を立案する。しかし、それは前代未聞で大胆不敵、そして無数の危険が伴うものだった。