Cleopatra and Mark Antony have died by their own hands as Octavian's Roman forces prepare to attack Alexandria itself. The Great Alexandrian Library, containing the greatest collection of scientific academic and historical documents the world has ever known is under threat of destruction. Only Amanishakete a Nubian Princess knows where the Royal Library, a complete copy of the Great Library, is hidden and she is the only one who holds the key to its survival.

With a puzzling list of ingredients, found in a secret document in the library, Amanishakete must make a perilous journey across the wastes and dangers of the Sahara desert to find them and make an elixir of eternal life so she can return and protect the Royal Library for the future.