The Sultan's Lost Locket

Previously

…He looked back at the empty display case, the absence of the locket a gaping void. The fate of his kingdom, perhaps, rested on its recovery. And his own destiny, he suspected, was about to unfold in ways he could never have imagined, far from the quiet dignity of his palace, out in the vibrant, dangerous heart of Al-Qamar. The adventure he craved was no longer a dream; it was a stark, urgent reality. He would find the locket, and in doing so, he would find himself.