Baby Akbar’s father has been deposed by his uncle, and now the whole family is on the run. In order to survive, the family must run to the mountains and remain hidden. But baby Akbar is too young – if they were to take him, the infant surely would die in the winter cold of the hills. And so, in order to save him, his father entrusts him to friends whom the new king, Akbar’s uncle, could never harm. But through a series of circumstances, Akbar’s uncle takes him in – even though it would mean that sometime later, when they are older, a father may assassinate his own son in order to take the throne. And now Akbar must survive the perils of living in the palace in order to live long enough to save his parents from permanent exile… .