From her days as a wild child in prohibition America to the blitz and glitz of wartime London, from the rugged shores of New Zealand to a lonely iceshelf in Antarctica, Marian Graves is driven by a need for freedom and danger.

Determined to live an independent life, she resists the pull of her childhood sweetheart, and burns her way through a suite of glamorous lovers. But it is an obsession with flight that consumes her most.

Now, as she is about to fulfil her greatest ambition, to circumnavigate the globe from pole to pole, Marian crash lands in a perilous wilderness of ice.

Over half a century later, troubled film star Hadley Baxter is drawn inexorably to play the enigmatic pilot on screen. It is a role that will lead her to an unexpected discovery, throwing fresh and spellbinding light on the story of the unknowable Marian Graves.

玛丽安·格雷夫斯从小生活在美国禁酒令时期，后来经历了战时伦敦的闪电战和浮华。从新西兰崎岖的海岸到南极洲孤独的冰架，对自由和危险的向往一直驱使着她。

她决心过独立的生活，抵制了青梅竹马的诱惑，并在一群情人中消耗自己。但是，她对飞行的迷恋是最消耗她的。

现在，正当玛丽安即将实现她最大的野心，从南极环行到北极时，她突然坠落在一片危险的冰原上。

半个多世纪后，电影明星哈德利·巴克斯特不可阻挡地被这位神秘的飞行员所吸引，并银幕上扮演她。这个角色将使她有一个意想不到的发现，为不为人知的玛丽安·格雷夫斯的故事带来新鲜和迷人的光芒。