Katie Talbot, an American lawyer, is on the trail of the treasures that were looted from her ancestral home on the island of Rügen by two brothers who were agents of the STASI in the days of the former East Germany. Detlef Weber is also on the trail of the brothers, as they murdered his father. The paths of Katie and Detlef criss-cross as they each pursue their quest, but both get caught up in the rise of a new far-right political party in Germany that is threatening the stability of Europe. It all comes to a climax in Weimar, the centre of so much culture and political history.
