Christopher Priest is an English science fiction writer, representative of the "new wave", author of the novels "Prestige", "The Space Machine" and "The Overturned World", three–time winner of the British Science Fiction Association Award, winner of the World Fantasy Award.One beautiful and strange day, Hollywood actress Jeanette Marchand, a beauty and a favorite of the audience, boarded a plane that was supposed to take her to London airport. The plane landed safely, and many saw Jeanette step off the ramp, but from that moment on, she seemed to disappear into space and time. No one ever saw her again. All the efforts of the police were in vain.Years later, a young successful film critic Justin Farmer, passionate about the history of cinema and aviation, embarks on a risky investigation with the firm intention of solving the mystery of the disappearance of the actress who conquered his imagination.