Trapped outside the stream of reality, Murad seems restricted by one rule: you can look, but you can’t touch. The one person he can reliably talk to, when the man is around, answers questions with riddles that would have made Murad’s head hurt—if he had one. He watches, helpless, as Yasimi and her companions are captured and given a drink that would make them slaves.
But instead, the drug frees Yasimi’s mind, giving her a momentary glimpse beyond the prison of her world—and she sees Murad. A different concoction provided by a guide draws her into another world, pulling her into memories at once familiar and strange from Murad’s past—or are they his future?
From Central Asia in the thirteenth century to Saudi Arabia and the United States today, everything is entangled at the quantum level. Finding the link between worlds might provide some measure of control, but it means learning the secrets of the Revelators, secrets that lead to power and a dark path."