The year is 1311．In the highest tower of Cloud of Spatrows Castle，a beautifuI Woman watches from the window as a mob runs riot below．As their campfires blaze through the darkness， she begins to write down the events unfoIding around her and the secret history of the 0kumichi Clan．
Six centuries later the lost scrolls fallinto the hands of American missionary Emily Gibson，I．acing from her tragic past and caught between two men fighting for her Iove．As Emily sifts through the fragile scrolls，she begins to see threads of her own life woven into the ancient writings．As past and present collide，a Ilidden llistory comes to life，and with it a secret prophecy that 11as been shrouded for centuries and may now finally be revealed．