Hubert and Konstantin Solm are brothers, born in Riga at the beginning of the twentieth century. They will find themselves -- along with their Jewish adopted sister, Ev Solm -- caught up in in the maelstrom of their changing times. As the two brothers climb the rungs of society -- working first for the government in Nazi Germany, then as agents for the Allied Forces, and eventually becoming spies for the young West Germany -- Ev will be their constant companion, and eventually a lover to them both. The passionate love triangle that emerges will propel the characters to terrifying moral and political depths.