Fortune Told in Blood is a novel about two Iraqi soldiers in Iran-Iraq war. There is difference between them but the war demolished their life. An Iraqi lieutenant and soldier sent on a mountain for identifying Iranian movements and installations. The lieutenant see the area with field glass for tagging Iranian position on the map. Their situation on mountain was relatively safe and they could snowbound in their trench. For this reason, they did not worry and fear. They had many magazines and cartomancy in their trench. One day after lunch, they divined and saw bloody events in their omen. After this day occurred bloody events for them.