Safia is a 14 year old Emirati girl volunteering on her first archaeological excavation. Her archaeologist parents are trusting she is
old enough to manage her hyper-empathy - the capacity to tune in to the feelings of those around her, often without wanting to, and experiencing an amplified version of those
feelings.
Set on the island of Sir Bani Yas, off the coast of Abu Dhabi emirate, Safia begins to learn what being an archaeologist is all about
through the excavation of an 8th Century AD (2nd Century AH) church and monastery.
Safia is doing a good job of controlling of her hyper-empathy... except, that is, for the persistent voice needling her brain asking for
help. Oh, and a strange presence only she can feel that sucks the power out of everything and alters one of the team's behaviour.
Things get complicated with the discovery of skeletal remains outside the excavation area plunging Safia 1,300 years into the past and
into the head of a young Gujarati trader girl.
Can Safia use her hyper-empathy and knowledge of the excavation to understand why she has been drawn into the past? More
importantly, how will she ever get back home?
Savita ben has her own problems. A storm is ripping her father's trading vessel apart and they are far off course. The last thing she
expected was to play host to a strange girl in her head. Rescued by local fishermen and the monks on a coastal island, Savita ben must help her family return home and figure out what the girl needs,
or she may never be herself again.
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