The Stone Cutter: a novel of Petra in Ancient Arabia

A doomed quest of love and ambition, awash in the glories of the Nabataean Kingdom-

The young sculptor Nahor enters the fast-track of the art world in the spectacular Nabataean Kingdom of ancient Arabia (you know its capital as the fabulous city of Petra). But his secrets of implication in the deaths of his sister and mother, and his father's abandonment, leave a dark chasm in the flint of his heart.

His ache for belonging entangles him in the arms of a brilliant songstress, and a devastating...