The desert of the Middle East combines with Saudi intrigue in this intricately woven story of Amy Prowers close friendship to Princess Hassa of the Saudi royal family. Her deceased husband's friend Prince Rashid asks her to assist his wife on an excavation to validate a major archeology finding. Althought not an archeologist, Amy's aunt's private international organization, the Committee, has access to experts who will validate the excavation at the ancient city of Ubar in the Empty Quarter. Eager to help her deceased husband's friend, Amy arrives and discovers there is more at stake than ancient cultures. Rashid is not what or who she believed him to be. With a series of unexpected twists and turns, Amy's life is quickly at risk as she realizes there is a price to be paid for maintianing her values in a changing world.