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At the Lybian border, the oasis of Siwa is the most eastern settlement point of the Berbers of Egypt, the Issiwannes. Isolated for more than two millennia, they have kept their traditions, their customs, as well as their own dialect. In the middle of the desert, Siwa has a particular archaeological wealth: the oracle of Ammon and the true-false tomb of Alexander the Great. A manuscript, today untraceable, also tells that in Siwa they celebrated weddings between boys...
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A young Oxford academic and his attorney girlfriend holiday in Morocco. They bump into a Russian millionaire who owns a peninsula and a diamond watch. He wants a game of tennis. What else he wants propels the lovers on a tortuous journey to the City of London and its unholy alliance with Britain's intelligence establishment, to Paris and the Alps.

After their caravan is attacked and their respective families butchered by Arab marauders, teenagers David and Sarah flee across the desert. But the desert is filled with danger from the elements, animals and the unwholesome appetite of the Jackal, a sheik who wants Sarah for himself. However, the desert also holds temptation and love. David and Sarah hide out in an oasis and build a life for themselves, discovering each other in new ways.