Sunset Thomas start as a naive young woman who leaves her small desert town to find her ex-lover (Gerry Pike). From flat, dusty plains of her past to the towering steel-and-glass skyscrapers of the city, Sunset's quest eventually brings her face to face with the same strangers that ensnared her once-innocent lover. Consumed by the power and passion that is Fame, she must decide whether to follow her lover's footsteps down the long descent--or overcome that have threatened to destroy them both.