When war broke out, Johnny Bradford was a pitcher in the Major Leagues, just embarking on a promising career. His future now in doubt, he enlists in the military. Laura Wilson, the love of his life, has her own precarious circumstances to manage. She's a diplomatic courier in Europe, moving from embassy to embassy through the perils of a war-torn world. It's a time of danger and uncertainty, and of lives - and love - spinning out of control.