The father of the golden-haired beauty Miranda, Captain Francis Drummond, dies in a fierce battle with the Indians. Having learned that her future stepfather, Colonel Benjamin Westfall, was involved in his death, Miranda runs away from home and joins the Sons of Melpomene theater troupe. Here she finds true friends and her only love, she is rich and famous, but she has not forgotten about the sister and mother she left behind and the man who brought them all so much grief. Miranda decides to take revenge...

The action of this exciting novel takes place in the 60s - 80s of the 19th century in America.