In the second volume of the works of contemporary American writer Elizabeth Gage, readers will find the ending of the novel “Pandora's Box”. Year after year, the lives of the characters in this multifaceted work will pass before them - a unique saga, among the extraordinary heroes of which it is difficult to single out the main one. A brilliant political career awaits Haydon Lancaster - Prince Hal, whose extraordinary charm evokes universal female worship, and the women with whom he becomes truly close - undying love. But is he happy? And are they happy: the socialite beauty, who is preparing to become the first lady of the country, Diana Lancaster; talented artist Laura Blake; Bess Bond, sweeping away all obstacles in her path? The destinies of these people, so far from each other - and not only them - are intertwined, tied in a tight knot.