Gilles : But... my father ? (...) His Godfather the abbot de Talhouët : Your father ? He is the last of the scary breed of the Tournemine, who over centuries have melted like birds on prey on anything that came within reach of their laps (...) He was left with no power or the enormous wealth that was said at one time to be theirs, at a certain epoch the lords of the Hunaudaye were only slightly less great Seigneurs than the King of France. His name was Pierre...

Britanny 1779 Gilles Goelo grows up believing he is a bastard - but he has the same proud blood in his veins like the father he had never known Pierre de Tournemine who had been of the noble line of the Gyrfalcons...From France to a dangerous mission on behalf of General Washington to the Indians, Gilles Goelo's life is lived with longing and excitement. Impoverished, restless and haunted by his love for the wild and beautiful Judith de Saint-Mélaine, Gilles vows to regain his fortune and his ancestral home to rescue Judith from the clutches of the monstrous Cagliostro, who holds her prisoner...