Six months have passed since Amani learned the secret of her origin. The world has changed: cities are burning, people are turning to ashes, druid spies are seeping through stone walls, combat robots are being charged with magic, and half-blood demjis are having iron sewn under their skin to make it impossible to cast spells. The heroes will have to find answers to many questions. What is the Sultan up to and what do the rebels want? Who is better for the country - an intelligent sadist or a noble and humane fool? You will find a perfectly conveyed atmosphere of the sands, the magic of genies and other fairy-tale creatures from “1001 Nights”. This book is full of deceptions, just like the East it tells about.