Imagine being told you are a walking time bomb.

In 2004, Mary Montgomery received the diagnosis of breast cancer. Instead of pursuing traditional care, she sought out one of North America’s top doctors of Oriental Medicine. Her life dramatically changed during an acupuncture session with him.

As soon as he closed the door behind him, I became aware of my Angels in the room. I didn't see them; I felt their presence. And an urgency.  

“We can cure you quickly if you make a promise to us,” they said.

Thus began the conversations that showed Mary how to walk through fear and hell, and out the other side.

Have you ever met someone for the first time,
yet felt as if you already knew them?

Have you ever wondered if there's more to reality,
than what you've been taught?

Have you ever loved someone you shouldn't?

In a world of Vietnam, psychedelics, and the back-to-earth movement, a young girl struggles with her own, awkward identity. Then she meets Christopher, an ordinary teacher or so he seems. Underneath his cheerful, outgoing personality lies a labyrinth of dark secrets that Maria is determined to discover. Together they struggle to free themselves from the constraints of their culture and personal lives, uncovering hidden mysteries and a forbidden love that changes her life forever. And his.