About the book: year / The second part of the novel "The Golden Goddess al-Lat". The intelligent and educated Caliph al-Mamun believes that he can cope with the raiders tormenting the country - he needs just transfer the army to the Karmatian coast. The Guardian of the Throne believes that the Caliph is mistaken. Tariq knows: the Qarmatians cannot be defeated - for they are protected by a powerful evil spirit. The goddess al-Lat cannot be defeated by anyone. Neither human nor twilight. However, the Caliph gave the order to rid the country of the Qarmatian threat, and Tariq cannot disobey. He was ordered to do the impossible, and he obeys. Neregil goes to the desert - to the place where the al-Shariyya faith was born. Previously, the Sisters of the angry goddess ruled in the Bedouin camps and oases - Manat, the mistress of retribution, and Uzza, the mistress of women and their moons. Now the Sisters have retreated into the twilight, but their power is still enormous. Tariq decides to ask the goddesses for help - for a fee, of course, the gods do nothing selflessly. He manages to conclude a deal, which at first seems completely unburdensome. However, over time, the Guardian realizes that, most likely, he will not make it out of the Bedouin desert alive. For the gods do not forget anything. And they never give up on revenge.