MARIA IS A YOUNG WOMAN WHO HAS ESCAPED A LOVELESS MARRIAGE & ACRUEL MOTHER-IN-LAW IN SEARCH OF HER SON'S FATHER IN THEOPPRESSIVE ATMOSPHERE OF COLONIAL LATIN AMERICA. SHE IS SOONSWEPT UP IN A WHIRLWIND OF INTRIGUE & VIOLENCE, & SHE WILL HAVE TO FIGHT FOR HER LIFE & THAT OF HER SON.