The bad fairy Sisygambis lives in a sandalwood box on the dressing table of the princess Roxane. Princess Roxane's dressing table is set in the window of her bedroom high up in her father's fortress. The fortress is in a lonely valley on the very edge of the ancient Persian empire. So how does the sandalwood box end up in Briony's house in 21st century Brisbane? And how does Miranda end up inside the box? It is up to Briony to rescue her. Again! After all her adventures, going into the sandalwood box is just about the scariest thing Briony has ever done.