In the Shadow of the Sphinx is the story of two mature adults who outwardly appear to be in happy in their married lives but seek forbidden love. Serenas chance encounter at Delhi airport with an enigmatic stranger continues as fate conspires to throw her in Samarthyas path. Both of them are going to Egyptshe on a journey of self-discovery and trying to save a marriage that is falling apart, and he on a business trip, holding on to a relationship with his wife that is emotionally dead yet convenient because that allows him the freedom to seek physical love without any emotional encumbrances. Would Serena find the courage to liberate herself from her broken marriage and seek forbidden love? Would Samarthya go back to his normal no-strings-attached, hectic life as head of a news agency or give love another shot in his life? Are Serena and Samarthya meant for each other?