Assassins... This word made Christians all over the world shudder. This is what they called hired killers in Europe. They always act secretly, lightning fast, mercilessly. 1914. Three Europeans flee the outbreak of war to Egypt and find themselves in a whirlpool of adventures. After all, they decided to help the beloved wife of the Turkish Sultan, who had escaped from the harem, and set off to Meroe, to the ancient capital of the black pharaohs, buried in the sands of the great desert. But their path is blocked by assassins who must fulfill an ancient prophecy.