Max, a talented young chef is the descendent of Sheikh Yusuf al-taj alKhalwatial-Maqasari who originally came from Celebes, an island in Indonesia now known as Sulawesi. She is born to a poor family in the Bell Tower of St. George's Cathedral in Cape Town, and dreams of traveling the world. It is not until she announces her plans, that the mystery of the bells are revealed. The bells that have chimed over the city born in 1652 reveals its power ofver time to the inhabitants of the Bell Tower.