In 1853, the eccentric Englishwoman Jane Digby, disappointed by stormy loves and three divorces, dares to travel alone to the Middle East on her way to Palmyra, where "among the golden ruins or under a sparkling full moon" she falls in love with Sheikh El Mezrab, her companion-translator, immerses herself in the nomadic life of the Bedouins, and by staying with him becomes the symbol of anti-conformism in her time.

Many years later, an unexpected coincidence brings Jenny Ralli, daughter of a famous Greek actor, to Syria. Abandoned by her last lover and in constant conflict with her mother, she seeks a different beginning in this unknown country. In Damascus, she meets the charming Romanos Kafantaris, who reveals to her "as a talented painter of the modern murals of the country, he unravels the tapestry of his second homeland", but also the constant conflict raging in his divided soul. However, they will face the cannons of war, the monster of a civil war, and the truth that overturns their everyday lives and reveals an unknown past that threatens to sweep everything away, as "the desert they loved no longer shines in the moonlight, torn apart by gusts of hatred and the sound of weapons".

A journey through the crossroads of the Middle East, the vastness of the steppe, and the intricate alleys of our hidden selves, where coincidences guard us, reality meets fairy tales, and the unpredictable doesn't take much to demolish the rock of our routine.