Marked with indescribable scars, the Prince of Persia returns to Babylon from the Island of Time. At his side is Kaileena, the enigmatic ruler of time. But instead of the peace he longed for, he finds his kingdom devastated by war and discovers that Kaileena has become the target of a brutal conspiracy. After her kidnapping, the prince tracks her down in the palace and has to watch as she is murdered by a powerful enemy. Her death unleashes the Sands of Time, which touch the prince and threaten to destroy everything he holds dear. From then on, he rushes through the streets, hunted like a refugee, and he quickly realizes that the sand has enchanted him too. He has released a deadly Dark Prince, whose spirit increasingly takes hold of him in time...