I had read it a year ago, and I wanted to immerse myself in this fantastic fictionalized biography of Ib'n Sina, this prodigy man who is still one of the biggest names Islamic philosophy. Born near Bukhara in August 980, a doctor at 18, the philosopher who was involved in the creation of theology and theosophy of the Ismaili branch of Shiism, but also in the philosophy of art, music. .. mathematician, astrologer, poet ... Prodigy, therefore, the amazing journey and who, under the pen of Sinoué becomes an example of the man who is accomplished, followed his destiny to the end, a sensualist who loved to your heart, a hero quite endearing and which one does not want to leave at the end of the novel ... For more than a biography, it is a real historical novel, where real characters and fictitious adroitly mingled, where descriptions of sumptuous palaces and surly viziers immerse you in a world rich and mysterious, and it is also a novel of initiation, where quest itself is highlighted, and then to finish it beautifully written .. Loved.