Book excerpt: During his childhood, Erol, the hero of this book, sought protection among the Turkish Kabadayis, or knights, against the violence of the children in his community. His boundless hatred of these children induced him to become an invincible boxer. When his father was killed by adversaries hostile to nature, he resolved, as nature’s advocate, to wage battle against them his life long. In Kangal Erol falls madly in love with a girl from Anatolia and detaches the leeches of humanity from their victims. After losing his beloved friends he goes mad. Stepping into the boxing ring again helps him and he copes with a great deal of upheaval.