Victor ’Pug’ Henry is appointed naval attaché to American embassy in Berlin in 1939. Even though US intelligence is convinced the open war in Europe is unlikely Pug sends an alarming report to Washington suggesting that Germans are fully prepared to attack.
Second part of the epic Herman Wouk novels - Pugh Henry and his family are spread around the world when war starts, now they have to find a way to survive.
Businessman Edward Lewis accidentally meets a prostitute Vivien, who turns out to be a completely different person than Edward suspected. This meeting will change the lives of both of them.