Ohranaushy ot slih duhow dragocenny marokkansky amulet, dostawshiisa w nasledstwo ot otca geroine romana Isabel. Strannoye predupreghdeniye, soderghasheyesa w yego predsmertnom pisme: Ne budi spashego swera. Odno newerno prinatoye resheniye priwodit k drugomu, poroghdayet cep sobitii, w konce kotoroi teba ghdet katastrofa. Wse eto lish kusotchki sateiliwoi mosaiki, kotoruu predstoit sloghit Isabel, ghenshine wneshne wpolne blagopolutchnoi i obespetchennoi. No Isabel ghiwet ne w ladah s soboi. yeye sowet newedomoye, yei snatsa weshiye sni. I ona otprawlayetsa w Afriku, tchtobi ponat, kak sagadotchny talisman popal w ruki otca. Isabel raskroyet udiwitelnuu tainu amuleta, istoria kotorogo swasana s krasawicei Mariatoi, potomkom legendarnoi carici Tin-Chinan, i dokaghet, tchto i w besplodnoi pustine mogut raspustitsa cweti lubwi...