Synopsis: From the back cover of the DAW first edition: "They sent him into the past to kidnap and bring back Sheherazade, the famous narrator of the Thousand and One Nights. But when he had grabbed a lovely lady out of the Sultan's harem and scooted away on his "magic carpet" time machine he discovered that he had muffed it - for she was the Vizier's second daughter - Sheherazade's kid sister! He thought he could rectify that mistake before going back to the 21st Century - but it was already too late. Because the ifrits were hot on his trail. Ali Baba had jumped aboard, and the enchanted Castle of Brass awaited his arrival with ghoulish glee. It's a wonderful zany romp through time and legend with the kid sister pulling marvels out of her hair faster than you could pull the cork from a djinn bottle!"