Sequel to 'Pashazade: The First Arabesk'.
Among many other things, Ashraf Bey is a fugitive from the US justice system; the son of the Bey of Tunis; and chief of detectives in the El Iskandryia police force. And he's a little confused . . .
Raf has been manoeuvred into this situation by a cunning and deadly old man in the aftermath of his aunt's murder, which he bloodily revenged. But his ex-betrothed still doesn't want to see him, so she says. And then Isk seems to be falling apart, and her father is accused of mass-murder . . .
The politics of the free city of El Iskandryia float in and out of the interweaving human tales in this brilliant sequel to 'Pashazade'. As the US, France and Germany try to dominate both the present and future of the Middle East in this alternate 21st century - as they have the past - Ashraf Bey must become both saviour and avenger. It's not an easy trick, but someone has to do it . . .
