Lieutenant Troy Pearson has been remarkably successful in his early life in aviation and the United States Air Force. In the spring of 1971, he finds himself in Cold War Germany and is forced to see a world in turmoil that is outside the classroom and outside the confines of his beloved fighter aircraft. He discovers a Germany that is rife with the undercurrents of socialism. Within days of his arrival in Germany, Lieutenant Pearson narrowly escapes a bombing and an armed and violent robbery suspected of being carried out by the Baader-Meinhof Gang. He witnesses and morns the death of a fellow officer. Almost immediately, he falls headlong into an all consuming but forbidden love affair that brings him face-to-face with the realities of military life, as he is challenged by racial tensions and conflicts that threaten the foundations of his life. Join Lieutenant Pearson in his struggles with adversity, demons that threaten his will to survive and the power of love.