After several days of strange events, Conrad Schwartz is convinced he has been stranded in 1231 A.D. Poland. He must turn medieval Poland into a powerful country or the Mongols will destroy it in just ten years.
In the winter of 1943, a Polish physician and her older daughter make a dangerous and arduous trek to Hungary while seven-year-old Malka, who they were forced to leave behind when she became ill, fends for herself in a ghetto.
Half a century after the marriage of her Polish grandparents is marred by World War II and a painful tragedy, Beata recreates their journey to Krak?ow, where she encounters a youth culture torn between the city's past and future.
