When his wife walks out on him, middle-aged teacher Ian West comes close to suicide. He is saved by an email from beautiful former student Lisa Mann asking for his help in researching an historical documentary. Together they uncover the story of William Miller, an enigmatic Englishman who helped Hitler's rise to power. Who was William Miller? What did he have to do with the burning of the Reichstag? In their search for the truth about William Miller, Ian and Lisa embark on a voyage of discovery that takes them from the atrocities of the Spanish Civil War to the gates of Auschwitz and the Holocaust. But someone does not want them to uncover Miller's story and their discoveries about the past have repercussions in the present. As an anonymous opponent becomes increasingly intent on keeping Miller's secrets, West and Mann find that their very lives are at risk, but West has one advantage, he has nothing left to lose.