Nikogda Kerri ne vernulas by iz Nyu-Yorka domoy, v gornuyu provintsiyu, i tem bolee ne poshla by rabotat v pomeste Biltmor, k odnomu iz bogateyshih lyudey Ameriki, Dzhordzhu Vanderbiltu. No obstoyatelstva okazalis silnee, prishlos im podchinitsya. Tak Kerri okazyvaetsya mezh dvuh mirov: vpechatlyayuschey roskoshi i sokrushitelnoy bednosti, chto pritailas v temnyh pereulkah goroda. K tomu zhe ochen skoro v nenavistnom gorodke nachinayut proishoditt ochen strannye, zhutkie sobytiya: ktoto ubivaet priezzhego reportera i rasprostranyaet listovki s ugrozhayuschimi prizyvami. Teper zhizn Kerri, ee lyubov, buduschee ee semi zavisyat ot ee sily duha i... umeniya plesti intrigi.