This a delightful book. Salem, a tea loving Turkish Janissary, is given the task of interviewing a strange woman caught breaking into the palace library. The woman turns out to be Delilah Dirk, an adventurer extraordinaire who causes chaos wherever she goes. As a result of her actions Salem goes from a respected soldier to a criminal on the way to execution to a fugitive escaping in a flying sail boat all in less than a day. Beautifully drawn and colored by the author.