Savvas has been assigned a position as the priest in a remote Greek village, following a scandal in the US. It's what his mother would have wished for, but for a young ambitious clergyman it seems like a backward step. He soon finds himself embroiled in petty village politics, and caught between the spiteful Maria, and the complex and alluring Nefeli. When he finds his predecessor's diaries the story takes a darker turn and Savvas begins to struggle to maintain his own sanity.