A modern-day fable based on the dreams of a mother for her daughter’s future. Through the mother’s teachings we follow the life of a boy through manhood and into old age. The young boy’s mindset is explored in how he manages to overcome a terrible tragedy as a 10-year-old boy which leaves him nurturing an overpowering need for revenge. It is then a second tragic experience as a young man, having been brought up as a displaced orphan and educated in India, which leads him to examine his conscience and his former need for revenge.

Circumstance on the boy’s journeys to and from Wales to India and his determination to honour his father give him a fuller understanding about himself. Eventually through his individual effort to succeed, and despite his experiences and troubles, he marries the need to con-join the two important cultures in his life.