We tell stories to hold on to what has been loved and lost. To sustain memory. To create new myths . . .

An aid-worker is betrayed while helping thousands escape a massacre. A secretive businessman wages clandestine war against a ruthless energy cartel. An air convoy – its illicit cargo destined for hostile militants – vanishes over the Sahara.

Meanwhile, as millions fleeing famine, genocide and environmental collapse seek refuge across the Mediterranean, their genii begin to intrude into reality.

And deep within the desert something precious and terrible has been lost – something which could overwhelm them all . . .