With the last stroke of the clock, at the stroke of midnight, the soul of Joanna Chapman flew away. Before her death, she bequeathed to her friend, Ginny Marston, to find her father and avenge the evil he had done to her mother. Having buried her friend and taken her name, Ginny goes deep into the prairies with a group of settlers. The secrets that darken the lives of the heroes, by the will of fate, become the key to their happiness.