In a world dominated by the brutal Vathek empire,eighteen-year-old Amani is a dreamer. She dreams of what life was like before the occupation; she dreams of writing poetry; she dreams of having adventuresand travelling beyond her isolated home. But when adventure comes for Amaniit is not what she expects: she is kidnapped and brought to the royal palacewhere she discovers that she is to become a body double for the hated princess Maram