It's the year 1509 and the battle of Diu is raging. In the thick of the fight, Viceroy Almeida, one of Portugal's best known Naval commander loses his precious amulet which finds its way, via a singular twist of fate, into the hands of an unassuming soldier from the Zamorin's camp. Hundreds of years have passed and the Thambi family of South India is proud of their priceless possession which has been handed down to them through generations. It signifies their ancestor's exploits and they consider the amulet as an integral part of the family. They believe it brings them good luck. But little does Sanathan Thambi (later known as Itzhak), who is in Germany to pursue higher studies during the war, know the extreme hardships he'd have to endure in order to safeguard the amulet, which he takes along with him as a good luck charm. The novel...