Rumi is now acknowledged as one of the great mysticalpoets of all time. He was a vibrant figure whoseunorthodox views on love still have tremendous impacttoday. Yet very little is known about his life except that helived in Anatolia, had an extraordinary spiritualfriendship with a man called Shams, and brought anadopted girll, Kimya, into his family.

 This beautiful novel is Kimya's story: how she findsherself drawn to the mysterious Shams, and how, bymarrying him, her soul begins its true journey into fire.