In the mid-18th century James Dyer is born unable to feel pain, and grows up to be a brilliant but heartless brain surgeon. Then, en route to St Petersburg in 1... » 

In the mid-18th century James Dyer is born unable to feel pain, and grows up to be a brilliant but heartless brain surgeon. Then, en route to St Petersburg in 1767, he meets his match - a strange woman with supernatural healing powers. When she introduces him to pain he is driven mad with shock. «