The famous traveler Michael Hirst learned that a mysterious amulet, which he had been hunting for for a long time, was kept in Scotland, on the Isle of Barra. Together with his assistant Jane Smith-Houghton, the young scientist goes to the north of the country, where the usually determined, purposeful girl changes before her eyes. What is she afraid of? What is she yearning for? Michael has no doubt: Jane’s past contains a secret connected specifically with the Isle of Barra. And he intends to reveal this secret at any cost. However, very soon professional curiosity turns into interest in the assistant herself, in whom he only now sees a young beauty, as if created for love and happiness...