US Customs tracker, Janet Lomayestewa must recover the sacred crystal chip, corner piece to the Fire Clan's famed Stone Tablet, if she is to ever see her daughter again, much less keep the world in balance. But can she trust the tall, sensual and irresistible Jack Ripley not to break every rule in danger and desire and break her heart with his passion and pain, as they begin a desperate high-wattage chase across the magic-carpet land of southern Arabia.