The years is 1659. Idris a Somalian trader is in kerala to attend the Mamangam festivities. By a strange twist of fate he meets his nine years old son whose existence he had been unaware of. In an attempt to keep his son close to him he embarks with him on a voyage that ends in the diamond mines of Golcondo. Packed with passion adventure and fascinating aspects of life in the seventeenth century in southern India Idris is a page-turner that will intrigue and excite readers everywhere.