Embittered by disparaging "raghead" put-downs while a student at Harvard University, brilliant scholar Mohammed Hassan returns to Iran, leaving behind in America his wife, Germaine Phillips, and their son, Ali.----Renaming himself Timur-Osman, he sets out to consolidate power throughout the Moslem world. Years later, Ali goes to Iran to visit his father.----Assistant Secretary of State James Parrish is tasked to find ways to influence Timur-Osman, Irans new leader. With growing instability across the world, James seeks out Mohammeds ex-wife, Germaine, to influence the men in her family.----Military and political figures appear throughout this story of survival. The situation deteriorates to an explosive climax in the exciting Night of the Black Moon: Can a Man in Iran Conquer the World?