The story starts out at the beginning of time. It traces the path of the three gifts given to mankind after the Fall from Eden: a cloak made of serpent skin, a staff of sapphire that looks like wood, and a rather unusual book containing the song of the sun and the thoughts of the rain. We follow the journeys these objects take, and find wonder story merge with stories from the Tanakh (The Old Testament). We meet Moses, Abraham, Isaac, Judah, and Joseph. On the way, the objects become lost, misappropriated, their use distorted, their ability to realise their true value thwarted… almost forgotten, until… but that, as they say, would be telling…