Gabrielle Van Der Mal gave up everything to become a nun. But her faith and her vows are forever being tested: first in the missionary Congo hospital where she assists the brilliant and handsome Dr. Fortunati and then at the mother house in France when World War II has broken out and the nuns are forbidden by the order to take sides.

When a feared associate resurfaces, wrecking his plans, a charmer and his servant tread the thin ice between sweet dreams and cruel reality.

Three haunted men's lives violently interlock in a remorseless feud for survival and vengeance.