A story of love, loyalty, treachery, and deception. For Haleya, the beautiful daughter of a murdered king, it is a fight to the finish to save her country A kindly ruler is murdered by a villainous and perverted keeper of killer snakes. His beautiful daughter Haleya is kidnapped to prevent her inheriting the throne, and the country is subjected to a reign of terror by Asaha, a serial poisoner and keeper of reptiles and Okab, her equally wicked partner. The odds are stacked against Haleya, who must fight to the finish to save her country. Part of Nomad Publishing's range of authors in translation, painting a vivid picture of Arabia at a time of astonishingly rapid change.