It's a fairy tale, a parable, and a satire. A story about the near future, about the so-called impossible happenings that are beginning to happen in New York City and its environs, about a genie's love for an ordinary man, about their offspring left behind on Earth, about a war between the forces of darkness and light that lasted a thousand and one days. Salman Rushdie competes in storytelling with Scheherazade, whose storytelling skills helped her escape death.