Heavily pregnant Chief Inspector Alex Enders disappears without a trace, and reappears weeks later without her child or memory of what happened to her.

Alfred Herrhausen, CEO of Deutsche Bank, has a vision to provide debt relief to the world's poorest countries, including making a deal with the nearly bankrupt Soviet Union, but his vision quickly attracts attention from all sides.

During the Cold War, a rivalry exists between the Office for the Protection of the Constitution and the Gehlen Organisation. Amid the 1950s patriarchy, a woman fights for her place and uncovers shocking secrets about her family and the man she loves.