SAYEED NEVER DOUBTS THE INNOCENCE OF LATIFA, THE BEAUTIFUL VILLAGE GIRL HE BROUGHT TO THE CITY AS HIS WIFE. BUT THERE IS NO WAY HE CAN SAVE HER FROM HER FATE.SET IN THE DESERT KINGDOM HE PORTRAYED SO VIVIDLY IN MIRAGE, BANDULA CHANDRARATNA TELLS THE TRAGIC STORY OF SAYEED AND LATIFA; THE LITTLE GIRL WHO PICTURES HER MOTHER LOST IN THE DESERT; THE FATHER WHO TRAVELS TO THE CITY TO RETRIEVE THE BODY OF HIS DAUGHTER. AND THROUGH IT ALL RUNS THE DISTANT...