1930's Berlin--unrestrained, sexually decadent, torn by political and social strife--and dashing reporter Ryan Lemmon haunts the dark underbelly of the city. Then the violent death of a close friend brings the American face-to-face with the growing menace. As Hitler's stranglehold grips the nation, Ryan takes a secret assignment for the State Department, only to become enmeshed in dangerous intrigue when a former flame, now married to a sadistic Gestapo leader, offers stolen intelligence with the potential to save millions of lives, but likely to cost them their own.