'What do you know about Kesheva?' Wendy asks. 'Kesheva? Central Asia. Used to be a Soviet Republic but struck out on its own in 1992, along with all the other Stans in that area. Run by a dictator called Aslan Dargan and his family. Floating on oil. Why?' 'I've just been offered a secondment to go and teach the President's son for six months.' 'Really? Make a bit of a change from here, won't it? 'Do you think I should go?' 'What's the dosh like?' 'Tempting.' 'Do you have any problems with a one-party dictatorship?' 'No. I work here don't I?
Dr. Wendy McPherson is a thirty-something academic English lecturer approaching a mid-life crisis. She has not been in a stable relationship for two years, drinks too much and is bored with her job. The offer of a teaching job tutoring the son of the dictator of the Central Asian country of Kesheva offers her a possible life-changing experience. But when she's caught up in a violent revolution she finds her life in great danger and makes new discoveries about love and trust that turn her life around and give a new meaning to everything.
