At the age of twenty Lorna Morel went alone to the East to see the golden sands of her dreams. She felt compelled to make a pilgrimage to the Oasis of Fadna, the place her father had loved. But there was danger for Lorna in the glowing sands. Swept up on horseback by desert kidnappers, she was rescuded by a cloaked rider who rode with her into the flaming night to his encampment beneath the Arabian stars...