"If you are strong enough, safeguard us. If you are wise enough, counsel us. If you are neither, obey us."
Egged on first by the desire of study, and somewhat disillusioned by the sense of division he's been seeing all around him, a youth began an eastwards journey. "In search of The Lantern," he would admit to some.
On the other side of the line, there rose another youth so impressed by her sires' vision of continued unity that, seeing how things had currently developed, she determined to try and revive.
Visionary or reckless, noble or stupid, gallant or foolhardy, little do each of them know of other adventures they may have to take to that end.
Noor, a dancer in the Royal Court of the Al-Yauzhan Empire wants nothing more than to pay off her debts and lead a nice, simple life-but a chance encounter with the crown prince and his brother brings her into the dangerous world of court politics. As Noor and the princes investigate their uncle and cousin's possible treason, she grows closer to the crown prince, but in order to save the kingdom and the person she loves, Noor will have to risk everything...
A romantic adventure set in an imagined Arabic kingdom, THE DANCING GIRL is a story of court intrigues, romantic entanglements, and secret meetings as Noor and her best friend Amir try to help the princes they're falling for expose corrupt court officials with plans to seize the throne. Noor and Amir are close to having everything they've ever dreamed of...now all they need to do is survive.