A desperate hunt for a man who could turn the tide of the Second World War. As the Nazi hordes of Germany overrun France, devouring the free world with fascist fervour, the fate of the Allied resistance looks grim. But things might be about to change. A young intelligence officer, James Woodyatt, is shipped across the Channel to find a First World War hero, an old man who may have been a spy… and who may be in possession of Nazi secrets that could devastate their regime.