A survivor of The Great War, Heinrich Kr ger is tormented by his past and the life he leads, until the hopeless romantic finds purpose through his love for Adinah Schneider. As the dawn of Germany shifts, Heinrich begins to find that the nation he once fought for has turned on many of its people; including Adinah. When segregation and antisemitic laws are in place, Heinrich loses all he held dear, and domino effects begin to shape his life. In the bitterness of everything, Heinrich lives the rest of his days out as a high ranking member of the S.S, until he finds that just as one woman had changed his heart entirely, so too will someone shift the tides of his life before all is too late.