Gerald Ayers is an ex-agent of MI6, the British Foreign Intelligence Agency, now retired. When a friend of his late wife, Pieter Arnholt, an art expert, sends a request for help to return an art discovery from the Nazi era, Gerald couldn t leave him in trouble. But soon things turn worse as the Nazis feel entitled to their share of the loot. Gerald finds himself in a dangerous journey through Europe, pursued by enemies, before events come to a dramatic end.