Jonathan Martin, a very successful, but an outwardly self-effacing banker working in the Sheikdom of Dahra is the holder of a dark secret in a land situated in time and space half way between modernity and centuries old traditions. There are many misconceptions about his life in Dahra. One by one, Jonathan confronts false assumptions and sets the record straight about his life, his wealth and his Palaces. The discerning reader will know how to find the hidden metaphors for the contradictions of modern life in this continuing narrative of Jonathan Martin's philosophy on life and on the ethics of the ownership of certain 'properties'.