Great Kazakh Steppe, XVII century, war. In the absence of father, a boy named Mergen will grow up and take care of relatives abandoned by aul. Baksy, Mergen's grandmother, gives him her gift as the only man and protector, but the appearance of Kazakh messenger with an urgent report for the Khan, puts threaten the well-being of the family. A series of rapid events puts life and death on the scales…