Leonora d'Eschoguette decided to take a bold step when, after the death of her husband, she and her son arrived in a remote corner of French-speaking Canada. She had to overcome not only the hostility of the locals, who hated all English speakers, but also the hostility, both hidden and overt, of some members of her new family, who consider her little Michael a rival in the struggle for the inheritance of the ancient d'Eshogete family. Fear, inspired by the legends of the recent past and the real events of which she happened to become a participant, more than once prompted Leonora to leave the ominous castle. But fate, which sent her love, decreed otherwise... For a wide range of readers.