A group of Anglican nuns are sent to a remote location in the Himalayas where they sat up a school and a hospital for the local people there at the inquiry of Dean, a local British agent. Clodgah, is the Sister Superior once sent there, and is hoping to forget a failed romance she had in Ireland once arriving. When she meets Mr. Dean though tension begins to rise as the two do find that they are attracted to one another, but Mr. Dean does not only attract Clodgah though, but also Sister Ruth, who is growing more unstable the longer she stays in the mountains.
