In the Byzantine empire in 523 A.D., a beautiful healer dreams that a dashing charioteer will be her beloved--and her doom. Centuries later, a handmaiden to the king's sister is haunted by dreams she cannot explain. And somewhere in her war-torn land, a man--her king's bitter rival--searches for her, driven by a vision of his own. Now, they meet as enemies, yet are consumed by a passion so reckless and forbidden it could cost them their lives.