With the heart-stopping speed of a whirling dervish, this thrilling, critically acclaimed debut novel from new talent Howard Andrew Jones sweeps into the glittering tradition of sword-and-sorcery. In 8th century Baghdad, the scholar Dabir realizes that a jewelled tablet may unlock secrets hidden within the lost city of Ubar, a desert Atlantis. But when the tablet is stolen, Dabir and Captain Asim go after it - a life-or-death adventure of a lifetime...