Far in the future at the dawn of the Caprician Age, a young missionary named Bodhi travels, preaching. He spends his days in meditation and prayer-cultivating acts of compassion and nonviolence. None of which brings him comfort. Every night a conflict between a pixie girl named Kama and an ivory dragon haunts his dreams. When the pixie shows up in his waking life pursued by treacherous forces, Bodhi and she have to escape across 41st century India...