The story of adventure, narrated by an Englishman takes place into desert. In a dangerous journey across the desert, the narrator is accompanied by a famous American named James Grim and his friends including a Sikh man named Narayan Singh and Ali Baba and his sixteen sons and grandsons. They all are headed to Petra to accomplish an impossible task. They are going to confront Ali Higg, who has gained fame as a cruel and frightening robber and is leader of their Arab tribes.
