When the king dies and his corpse vanishes—stolen by the fleeing queen—the kingdom must recover the body before sunset to complete a sacred ritual and crown a new ruler, or face an ancient curse.
The faith of a Christian couple is tried, especially when all fingers are pointed to the husband as the cause of their troubles. He must protect his wife while still managing to keep his faith.
A budding writer thinks he's found a muse and quickly develops a relationship with her, but it turns out that they are both placeholders for each other's repressed psychological problems.