Three young women go to help rebuild Afghanistan for different personal reasons. Their mission is largely successful until they are kidnapped. In meeting with the natives - both the good and the bad, and in interacting with one another in good times, and bad times, they discover love beyond themselves. Overshadowing them is an Afghan warrior-princess, who is as much a part of the controversies in the land as she becomes a part of theirs. There is hope in the midst of hopelessness, of joy in the midst of sorrows, and of love and forgiveness in the midst of all the carnage.

A lot of books have been written about Afghanistan and the presence of the foreigners who went to help rebuild it. This book brings fresh and unexpected perspectives to it. It catches the reader's imagination and remains compelling to the very last page