Once you hear the tune, you will always remember it. Enter the Tunisia of the eighteenth century through the legend. Behind the doors of the harem, where a historical romance will unfold. In a place that modernity sees as overly exalted. In a place where anyone can be a hostage. Find out the life of a captive servant who learned a tradition alien to him. Discover love and drama in an oriental setting. The structure of the work itself is presented in an unusual way: at the beginning, the author meets an Arab woman who promises to sing him a Tunisian tune - an ancient legend. And the events of the novel themselves are, as it were, a retelling of this song.