Schehera, a middle-aged chamberslave, reads from the palace library when no one is watching: tales of seduction, magic, and the horrible power of a djinni. When she spies the Queen conspiring with one such succubus djinni - an ancient evil that once ruled the land by sucking out the souls of men - she realises the stories are more than fantasy, and only she is positioned to save her city. She attempts to warn the Sultan, but he...