A young girl is rejected by her community, her family. Alone, fending for herself, darkness wraps itself around Eliroy's heart. Her abilities spiral out of control as she falls deeper into an all-consuming quest for power. She builds a kingdom of sand, morphing into the Queen of the Desert.From the shimmering sands and desert dunes, evil comes. It creeps stealthily through towns and cities, consuming and destroying everything in its path. Kingdoms and cities are unaware of the threat which inches towards them, till the danger begins to consume the land. Young and untried, Rust Kelly of Meld, decides to challenge Eliroy. He begins hunt for the Queen of the Desert in an effort to prove his love to Sha'eth, the princess of Killios. His journey is only just beginning, and the dangers of war are threatening like thunder clouds on the horizon...Will he be able to turn back the relentless tide of deadly desert sand before it's too late? Will he find allies to face the onslaught of the armies of the Queen of the Desert? Or will he stare death in the eye and lose his life in the dunes where vultures circle?