Julie Lescaux, a young English girl, moves to her father's homeland in France, on the eve of World War II, to the rugged coast of Brittany. The outbreak of war changes the lives of the inhabitants and Julie is drawn into the dangerous activities of the resistance movement. She meets British officer Richard Ashley again and discovers that life can offer more than danger, fear and loneliness...

David Freymann is a talented German-Jewish scientist. He experiences the horrors of the concentration camp in Dachau, from where he is transferred to occupied France to head a research project. However, Freymann has made an invention before the war that should be kept out of the reach of the Nazis...

Paul Vasson is a multiple traitor, murderer, speculator and informant. He receives his assignments from the Nazis and his rewards are pure gold, because he is efficient and knows how to infiltrate skillfully. Vasson's tentacles eventually reach Brittany as well...