Omar is a Muslim being harassed by a xenophobic colleague, so when an innocent prank of revenge escalates into tragedy and a colleague ends up dead Homeland security suspects him of terrorism.
Back in the High Middle Ages, the Crusades have ravished the landscape causing famine all over Europe. Angéle Peloux is desperate to save her family and the people of her village from starvation. Her last remaining witchcraft.
In an attempt to prove his innocence, Omar finds himself dragged into a world of spiritualism and conspiracies that ultimately leads back to Angéle Peloux and thirteen century France.