Enter a life of duplicity lived near the heart of religious power: Radko Slopovich is a priest promised to celibacy but living with his wife and children. A man with ambition as well as love for his family, his conflicting passions are ignited and challenged when a highly placed Vatican official and a close personal friend ensnare him in a plot to change the Church and advance hi s career. Seduced by power and torn between his family and his hold vocation, Radko must choose what is real and important in his life. A majestic ending brings together the drama and power that are so distinctive of Catholicism and the humanity of its members, both lay and clerical.
