An Arabian Nights mystery where Ismail's storytelling entertains the sultan. "I have a story to tell you. It is a tale of adventure, of love, and deception, of destiny and death. It is a tale of kings, and emperors, and of beautiful princesses; but also of poets, pirates, and priests. It is a story to entertain and instruct, to stir the blood, to inflame the senses, to dizzy the mind and rouse the soul. . . ” 'If you like your historical fiction full of action, intelligent and well-researched, then you’ ll be captivated by Killeen’ s interweaving plot lines.' David Viner in The Bookseller
