Set in modern Syria, this novel meticulously explores the psychological depth of fear and anxiety. This novel, which reveals how daily life is shaped under dictatorship, has a completely original style.

Suleyma begins a passionate relationship with Nesim, whom she meets in the waiting room of her psychiatrist, which will last for years. But when war breaks out, he emigrates to Germany and does not hear from Nesim. Until one day Nesim sends him a draft of his latest book. Suleyma reads the text with interest and realizes that the story is very close to her own life. While reading the text, all the problems of Suleyma's past come to light: his relationship with his mother, his feelings towards his father's death, the difficulties of growing up as the child of an Alevi father and a Sunni mother, and being the child of a family torn apart by a dictatorship... Nesim's book helps Suleyma critically examine what kind of person he has become. He confronts his fears of death, of crowds, of loss, and ultimately realizes that underneath it all lies a fear of fear, and that fear is the lifeblood of dictatorships.