A doomed soldier in an unforgiving land. A wild beast with the spirit to embrace. It is 1798, the time of the great Napolean Bonaparte. Captain Ausustan Robert, of the French Army, is travelling with famous french artist, Jean-Michel Venture. As they tramp through the crumbling temples of Ancient Egypt, they become seperated by a ferocious dust storm, amidst a vicious attack by Mamaluke warriors. Stranded in the unrelenting desert, Venture commits suicide, abandoning Augustan to a cruel solitary fate amongst the ancient ruins. It is here that he encounters the majestic and sensuous leopard Simoon, who saves him from certain death, teaching him the secrets of the ancient sandy valleys. But the real war is waiting on the horizon, in the form of Augustan's former regiment, which threatens his bond with his saviour Simoon. It will be a battle between man and beast - a battle that will alter both of their worlds forever.
