A fictional psychological epic, based on real life recollections, historical events, the supernatural and the stories of an abandoned baby girl and her journey into romance and betrayal; this is both her story of courage and also that of escaped British prisoners in an overrun village, a journey in which mental illness, the supernatural and madness vie with the human spirit. It is a story of brutality and hope in times of war, as the British are defeated and where Spirits of the Forest are feared… This is a time and place tormented by supernatural beliefs. Religion and superstition, madness and evil, love and desire, how do such manifestations of the human mind develop and live side by side - merging in both conflict and harmony? As a typhoon calms, two British sailors, shipwrecked off the Malay Peninsula, are captured by invading forces; one, by the name of Williams, has already seen his close friend murdered by fellow sailors at sea as madness overcame them…