Tim Collinwood is no international man of mystery. He's an ordinary English advertising man living in the Middle East, working in an unfamiliar place, struggling with cultural challenges and personal foibles.

Collinwood is intrigued when he's offered a marketing job that sounds exciting, and the reward for success is immense. His employers want him to create the public relations campaign of his life, to position Morocco as an economic powerhouse. The challenge attracts Collinwood, but as the story develops, he realizes failure is not an option. He falls in love, which distracts his...