Hugh Ross, a handsome and debonair Canadian test pilot, crashes in a new jet plane within a few weeks of his marriage. He survives as a severe case of "airman's burn." He will have limited use of his hands in time - but not for flying: the right side of his face will have to be entirely rebuilt. During the long painful months in initial plastic surgery, he is too sensitive to let his young wife Anne visit him and dreads the day of his return home.
—GusF