Travis Coltrane, a courageous Northern army officer, and the greatest love of his life, the proud and rebellious Southerner Kitty, walked hand in hand through the horrors of the Civil War, maintaining loyalty to each other and the strength of passionate feelings. Peaceful times have come, but life has not become easier for Travis and Kitty. Their newly acquired fragile happiness is exposed to a new threat - a nightmare, returning from the tragic past, is about to destroy the lives of lovers, taking away everything that they have acquired with such difficulty...