In 1799 Russian general Souvarof spearheads the invasion of Italy. Left alone as her father commands a force in the thick of battle against the Russians, the beautiful young widow the Marquis of O is captured and violated by Count F, a Russian lieutenant she mistook for her saviour.

Unconscious at the time of the attack she has no recollection of events and only when she begins to experience strange feelings and sensations does she realise that she may be carrying Count F's child...