The action-packed novel introduces readers to the behind-the-scenes life of Hollywood in the 30s and 40s. Producers and directors, actors and screenwriters, business people and representatives of the mafia elite are among the characters in this epoch-making, extremely frank work. The main characters of the story are the famous director and producer Joseph Knight, who made only three films that turned the history of American cinema, actresses Kate Hamilton and Eve Sinclair, whose complex interweaving of destinies leads to the triumph of glory and a tragic ending.