Mrs. Aylwood is a distraught mother since her daughter, Karen, vanished in the English countryside over 20 years ago. When the Carstairs family move into the Aylwood manor for the summer, strange occurrences begin to unnerve the family and Jan begins to suspect that they are linked to Karen's disappearance. As Jan unravels the dark past hidden by the townspeople, she delves further into the mystery and deeper into danger, but now it might be too late to escape the Watcher in the Woods.

伦敦人艾迪·道森为了逃避现实生活，去当了天主教牧师，但后来他失去目标自甘堕落，沦落到了一个禁爱和背叛的世界之中。

Adapted from M.M. Kaye's best-selling novel, this dramatic HBO miniseries follows two star-crossed lovers -- the young British officer Ash (Ben Cross) and the betrothed princess Anjuli (Amy Irving) -- as they face daunting odds in their quest to be together. Set in India during the time of the British Raj, this haunting (and BAFTA-nominated) love story features spectacular scenery and an epic saga of battle, treachery and intrigue.

故事发生在1942年的耶路撒冷，大卫（汤姆·汉克斯 Tom Hanks 饰）和好友皮特（本内迪克特·泰勒 Benedict Taylor 饰）加入了英国皇家空军，被派往那里驻守。在那儿，大卫邂逅了名为莎拉（克里斯蒂娜·马尔西利亚奇 Cristina Marsillach 饰）的女孩，几经波折之后，两人相爱了。
可是，莎拉出生在一个非常传统的犹太家庭之中，对于她的父母来说，和异族人通婚是大逆不道的事情。为了拆散萨拉和大卫，萨拉的家人囚禁了这个可怜的姑娘，不仅如此，他们还想方设法逼迫莎拉嫁给她的堂兄。眼看着无法逃脱悲惨的命运，萨拉决定见大卫最后一面，然后彻底放弃挣扎的希望。