On New Year's Eve, police inspector Antoine Galien, investigating the murder of two children, calls notary Jerome Martineau as a witness in the case. But at the interrogation it turns out that Martineau is suspected of murder....

This subtle psychological drama tells about a few days of a thirteen-year-old schoolgirl in a difficult age of transition for her and others. Her older brother goes on vacation without her, this charming ugly duckling considers herself ugly, and then a famous concert pianist comes to town, and she is as old as the heroine herself. She is given the opportunity to get acquainted with the prodigy, she promises to take her on tour as a manager, but leaves, of course, without her.... And the "impudent girl" tortures all those she loves, those who are closest to her.

"Some people hear their inner voice very clearly and live as it tells them to. People like that go crazy. Or become legends." So begins the story of the Ludlow family, a fast-paced and romantic tale of three brothers, their father, and a young and irresistible woman who fatally changes the lives of each of them.

At the edge of the world, where ancient Maori tribes rule, there is no place for strangers. Here ancestral spirits are honored, blood is paid for with blood, and the heart of a beautiful girl can ignite a war. But the strangers have not come alone - they have God, medicine and gunpowder with them.