With the conclusion of the previous Khalifa's reign, and his asylum in Damascus, Hanthalah ibn Ka'b believes that the only turbulence left to trouble him is within his head. But unbeknownst to him, the newly conquered lands are set to erupt with new feuds. Trouble unfamiliar to him, the sort in palace hallways rather than the field of battle. And in every corner of this new state, the children of Hanthalah set out to carve out their own reputations in the world. Their own unique paths find them discovering what it is to be human through love, deceit, betrayal, religion, violence and all things that are life, in a manner reminiscent of their own father. Seeing that their individual opinions over him differ, what happens when their paths converge finally with that of the man who gave them birth?