Summer‎,‎ 1914‎.‎ Young Englishwoman Vivian Rose Spencer is in an ancient land‎,‎ about to discover the Temple of Zeus‎,‎ the call of adventure‎,‎ and love‎.‎ Thousands of miles away a twenty‎-year‎-old Pathan‎,‎ Qayyum Gul‎,‎ is learning about brotherhood and loyalty in the British Indian army‎.‎ Summer‎,‎ 1915‎.‎ Viv has been separated from the man she loves‎;‎ Qayyum has lost an eye at Ypres‎.‎ They meet on a train to Peshawar‎,‎ unaware that a connection is about to be forged between their lives ‎- one that will reveal itself fifteen years later when anti‎-colonial resistance‎,‎ an ancient artefact and a mysterious woman will bring them together again‎.‎