Time: 03:01
A moment of horror!
A haunting roar filled the air, its source unknown...
An earthquake measuring 7.4 on the Richter scale shook Turkey. Densely populated cities rocked like a child`s cradle.
Panic everywhere.
People fleeing their homes...
Screams...
Cries of despair...

Umut could not take his eyes off his books for a long time. He always shared his sorrows with them-and later, with Gizem as well. To him, a life without books was lifeless, decayed, and love- less. Love and affection shone in the eyes of two lovers. He saw every letter as silver, every word as gold, every sentence as a wedding band, every page as a pearl, and the book as a whole universe. A universe that lived through their love. For them, books meant knowledge, breath, patience, even a fist-or the force of a nuclear bomb. Through them, the world received the warmth of the sun, the glow of the moon, and the brilliance of the stars. Umut believed: "If people`s love ends, life itself ends."
Then he gazed long into the horizon... Perhaps searching for a new love.

This novel tells the story of the real events of the earthquake, the tent city built afterward, and the love journey of two souls. Interwoven with the insights of psychologists, experts, and writers on the subject of love, the book also paints a portrait of "an enligh tened nation and an enlightened individual."