Like many of his generation, Vlad Chayka offered few details about his experience during WWII, or how he came to live in the Midwest of the United States. In fact, Vlad is a living artifact of a dimly lit page in an otherwise well-documented era of human history. A time when the world was at war and men dealt with a reality that seems unfathomable today. For Vlad and his brothers, the war brought them face to face with ghastly decisions that directly conflicted with their Catholic faith.

Max Chayka, Vlad's son and a prominent criminal defense attorney in Minneapolis, has a strong moral compass rooted in his Jewish faith. When federal authorities appear at Vlad's front door, revelations of his father's dark past become headline news and Max is tested with the biggest case of his life. The unraveling of his father's brutal history takes Max on an unimaginable journey.