Nora Castonay is a breathtaking blonds endowed with a miraculous psychical gift of healing the sick. She also has an uncanny gift for getting into all kinds of serious trouble. First, aboard a doomed aircraft a dying courier entrusts her with secret information to deliver a mysterious man named Vanor. Next, rescued after the explosion of the plane by a ship, The Cruachan, she falles in love with its enigmatic captain, Killane. Then, as she finally nears the mystic island of Veltakin, she comes face to face with the ultimate, universal terror.