In 1788 Scotland, Rowena Maitland doesn't realize how lonely and odd her life is, until, alone one night, she is surprised by an intruder dressed in medieval armor crashing around in her home. The stranger, Pembroke Burroughs, is a large man, but seems harmless enough with his battered helmet causing him distress. Until she assists him in removing the helmet and he insists he's from 1568 and was just engaged in battle with the Earl of Moray fighting against Mary Queen of Scots' forces at the battle of Langside. Worried about being alone with him and fearing he is deranged, she drugs his drink and prays her caretakers will return before he awakens. Her plan fails, and once he wakes, he questions everything in her life and she realizes her situation is decidedly strange. Maybe even stranger than a man claiming to be from two-hundred years ago.