The year is 1931; Morgan Holloway leads a dull life as a librarian in rural Iowa with two old aunts and a boring suitor. Things change when her Uncle Jonas bequeaths her his fortune. Morgan only has to find the hidden money. Longing for adventure, she boards an ocean liner to France. The trail leads to Istanbul and further on to Egypt and up the Nile. Soon a number of men start to cross her way: charming Pierre and secretive Tom; her uncle's acquaintance, Julian Medford, and the mysterious Soker. Each of them is pursuing his own goals and soon Morgan realizes she is quarry and can no longer be sure whom to trust. Worried but not willing to give up on her quest she follows the trail that leads her deep into Egypt.