Since coming to California, Corrie Belle Hollister's life has been marked by change and growth. And now with a new mother to care for her brothers and sisters, Corrie is free to consider the future. She longs to be a journalist, to serve God with her writing, to become a woman of the truth. But the truth can be elusive, especially as it leads her into what has always been a man's world. In her quest to become a newspaper reporter, Corrie finds herself in the rough and tumble towns of the gold fields - alone. The closer she gets to the truth, the more severe the opposion. Corrie discovers a conspiracy of deception that means danger not only to herself but to her family.