She is young, rebellious and willing to overcome all of the constraints and conventions of her times: in 1814, it is fate that brings 16-year-old Mary together with the famous romantic poet Percy Shelley who, like Mary, has dedicated his life to literature. But the young couple’s passionate love, despite all openness and tolerance, is constantly put to the test. When the poet Lord Byron challenges Mary Shelley to a literary competition, she invents the most famous literary figure of all times: Frankenstein’s monster …