内容简介：
Can you stop a holy war before it starts? When Jack Goodrich, a teacher at the American University in Cairo, is shown a sword thought to have belonged to the Prophet Muhammad, it seems at first that all his dreams have come true. Actually it is the beginning of his worst nightmare. A dangerous movement within the ranks of fundamentalist Islam is planning to put a new Caliph on the throne. To do this, they require the sword - and they will stop at nothing to get it. Only the strange, beautiful woman known as Scheherazade can help Jack. Together they must decide what to do with the sword and try to prevent the destruction of the world as we know it.