The year is 915AD when the vast trading fleet belonging to the Tang Dynasty reaches the western shores of the Toltec Empire.

The year is 1115AD when the Toltec junk, Golden Jaguar, makes landfall on the coast of Ireland.

The year is 1215AD when Captain Mixcoatl settles in with his wife at his new posting as commander of the fort on the frontier of the Empire outside of London.

Across the Irish Sea in Cashel, a local youth Fergus is apprenticed to the service of the God Tezcatlipoca.

On the road to nearby Saint Albans, Rowena, a young Saxon girl falls into the hands of a band of outlaws.

This what-if tale opens in 1215AD and follows three lives as they struggle to survive turbulent times beset with wars between nations and conflicting religions.