Soraya Malcom is a second year criminology student who lives with her lawyer mother in LA. She was invited by her estrange father half way across the world in the middle east for the last half of the summer to get to know that side of the family. Although reluctant at first, she decided to accept the invitation in the hopes of getting to know more about her father's culture and to relieve some stress in a new environment. She was also hoping that the recent nightmares she was having would stop as it was taking a toll on her sanity. As a natural sleuth, Soraya is very much curious about everything, so she packed her bags and with her passport flew there with more enthusiasm than the average girl hoping the heat and the dessert would not kill her.