Publisher's Synopsis
Hekma wanted to be many things, a hero wasn't one of them.
For her twentieth birthday Hekma accompanies her father on one of his treasure hunting expeditions. Deep in the sand-choked ruins, Hekma makes a discovery that changes her life forever and the past she thought she knew turns out to be a carefully crafted fiction. When a specter of the true past comes back and threatens to destroy everything Hekma holds close, she finds herself thrust into heroism. But even the country she tries to protect holds dangerous secrets and hidden agendas. Both the threat to and from her nation brings Hekma, her allies, and her enemies on a collision course of vengeance, history, and birthright.
