This epic story follows the tragic yet inspiring life of Ariana Von Gotthard, a woman who gains strength and courage as a young girl coming of age in pre-war Germany.

The daughter of an upper class Berlin family, Ariana watches her family and her country torn apart at the hands of impending war. Her father, aware of the dangerous political climate helps Ariana's brother escape to Switzerland, but when he returns to get Ariana, he is killed as a traitor. Alone and unsure of her fathers and brothers fate, she marries a German soldier, only to lose him to the war as well. Now pregnant, with nothing from her past but her late mothers ring, she flees to America to start her life over. Filled with a sense of passion and adventure, Ariana succeeds in making a home for herself in New York City, holding true to her dream that one day she will be reunited with her brother, and the ring of her life will be complete.