The mysterious hand of fate transports Herculine, a bisexual adherent of a mystical witch society, from Restoration France to the distant shores of America. She does not yet suspect what role is destined for her in the history of the young state. Love leads her along wild roads from Richmond, Virginia, where Herculine is patronized by the young brethren Edgar Poe, to the secret dens of New York, from the swampy forests of Florida, hiding the source of immortality, to the lands of the deceived Seminoles who are on the warpath.