num_pages: 224
description: It's World War I. Britain's shadow government headed by its Agent and Consul General under the nominal authority of Egypt's hereditary ruler the Khedive has ruled Egypt since 1881. The head of the Secret Police is the Mamur Zapt an office currently held by a Welshman Captain Gareth Cadwallader Owen. And as the clouds of the war further darken Egypt's sun-lit skies he has his hands full. On the professional front there's all that commotion that started in Cairo's Camel Market. On the personal side Owen has married his longtime lover the lovely Pasha's daughter Zeinab. Their union comes with serious consequences for both of them and is riddled with political and social pitfalls. Neither can be fully accepted by the other's culture and community. Against this the perils of the Great War pale....
language: English
title: The Point in the Market
publisher: Poisoned Pen Press