Hanthalah ibn Ka'b's fighting days are over. His is a future of bliss where he grows soft and fat among those he loves, away from the ghosts of Arabia. Or so he believes. After the death of the Prophet, the Arabs have found themselves in an era of politics unprecedented. In the city that had once been Yathrib, conflict is brewing that shakes the world to its very core. Hanthalah ibn Ka'b will fight again.