With Egypt fallen under the mighty fist of Rome, young Julian Tausrat, prince of the Badari and blood kin to the late Queen Cleopatra, is forced to flee Egypt to train in the ways of the warrior and wait for the day he can return to claim his desert land and the girl who refused to betray him. Sabinah is no longer the young woman who had awakened his desire, but now holds a secret that could free Egypt from Roman tyranny, or sentence Julian and his people to death.