It all begins innocently on a trip to New York. When Madeleine Kirsh walks into a Tibetan antique store and meets the proprietor, Tenzin Choden, she senses something that seems quite familiar, yet very far away. After a lengthy conversation, Tenzin shocks her visitor by claiming their relationship started hundreds of years earlier when she served as a servant and confidant to Madeleine, who was a Tibetan princess descended from royalty. It is then that Tenzin explains that they were given a special gift to promote goodness and kindness in the world. Their task was to safeguard this treasure...

It all begins innocently on a trip to New York. When Madeleine Kirsh walks into a Tibetan antique store and meets the proprietor, Tenzin Choden, she senses something that seems quite familiar, yet very far away. After a lengthy conversation, Tenzin shocks her visitor by claiming their relationship started hundreds of years earlier when she served as a servant and confidant to Madeleine, who was a Tibetan princess descended from royalty. It is then that Tenzin explains that they were given a special gift to promote goodness and kindness in the world. Their task was to safeguard this treasure...