Steffie Shroeder has a quiet, normal life and is weeks away from graduating military school as an officer in Munich. Her world is, however, brutally shattered when a badly wounded black man gets in her car in the parking lot of a mall. Suspecting he is in trouble, she sets to raise the alarm but when she sees his gun pointing at her and the riddling of her door with bullets from his assailants, she backs the car up and takes off. The man gives her a black envelope, credit card, and instructions. He alerts her that her military ambition is over once seen together before dying moments later. The envelope contains information on Jeurgen, a Nazi looter who runs to the US and makes a name for himself. Only one person knows his identity and he is determined to silence him. Her task is to reach a man in California, the recipient of the envelope. Her life takes a twist as she is pursued by men determined to get the list back quietly. Declared terrorist and wanted, she fights a network intent on keeping her in Germany and succeeds, only her will keeping her alive as she overcomes another scare in California.