When Khadija's father arranges a match, she leaps at a chance to escape - a hot air balloon fighting its ropes for the sky. Soon, she is flying over the desert sands of her world, swept up in an adventure of black magic, jinn and revolution beyond her wildest dreams ...
Khadija's sister, Talia, has been kidnapped and stolen intothe magical realm of Al-Ghaib. Khadija embarks on a quest to rescueher. But Al-Ghaib, where the sky is emerald green, is a placeof trickery: she will have to have all her wits about her if she'sto outfox her sister's captor ...