A sparkling magical debut, set in a fantastical Egypt full of flying carpets and mythical creatures! At home in Cairo, an unexpected gift arrives for Aliya, promising to grant her greatest wish ? to know more about her lost parents. To her surprise, she?s whisked off by flying carpet to a parallel Egypt, where she?s enrolled at an academy for . . . time-travellers! But while she?s there, an enemy is watching ? a master of forbidden magic. If they can unlock Aliya?s inherited talent, they can change history forever . . .