Nico and Maria, Maltese brother and sister, are separated when young Nico is abducted by Moorish slavers and taken to Algiers to be the slave of a wealthy merch... » 

Nico and Maria, Maltese brother and sister, are separated when young Nico is abducted by Moorish slavers and taken to Algiers to be the slave of a wealthy merchant. Maria makes plans to leave Malta and find her brother. This is a story of the timeless struggle between the religions and cultures of east and west. «