Seeking glory and knighthood, young Michael de Bernay left England to join the Crusades. Despite his bravery on the field of battle he was captured and sold into slavery in the pagan, mysterious land of Kambuja (Cambodia), where he became the favorite of Kambuja's sensual princess.

Daily Michael struggled and intrigued for his freedom, but it was not until enemy armies invaded Kambuja and thousands of slaves rose in revolt that his chance came. In the midst of the fury of the invading barbaric horde, Michael had to decide between helping his infidel masters — with possible freedom as his reward-or turning against them and risking death as a slave.