It is 1930. Nikolai Faroun is the son of a Lebanese Christian Maronite and a Russian circus performer. Nikolai is an Inspector in the French-run Damascus police force.

Life in Syria isn't easy. Appointed after the end of the First

World War to prepare Syria for self-rule, the French are running the

country and have no intention of leaving. This has created a great

deal of tension and has divided the nation. The French regard the

Syrians…