About the book: 1996 / All the richest, most beautiful and powerful people in America visit the Star Resort - where they can gossip, do business... and indulge in a wide variety of fantasies. At this magical and secluded resort in Palm Springs, you can buy someone's body, or even their soul if it helps someone's career, or get revenge on someone. But behind all this, as if behind the scenes of a stage, stands the brilliant owner - a mysterious woman hiding the tragedy and despair of her past.