Twenty years have passed since Guillaume Tremaine left Quebec. During that time he managed to fulfill his dream: he rebuilt his ancestral home — At Thirteen Winds — in Cotentin. Fate reunites Guillaume with his first love, Marie-Douce, the companion of his youth… The harsh wind of revolution touches the Tremaine family as well, however far they may be from rebellious Paris. The intrigues of the envious, determined to destroy Tremaine’s prosperity, lead to Guillaume’s mysterious disappearance…