The Roman Empire is disintegrating and Clovis, Overlord of the Franks, plans a new empire. But his hope is jeopardized by a Saxon uprising. One young man is sent to find out where the Saxons will strike. Ascha is the son of a Saxon warlord and a Roman slave. As a hostage of the Franks, Ascha has struggled to survive. But when the Overlord offers to make him a free man if he will spy on his own people Ascha must discover where his loyalties lie.