takes place between 1914 and 1938 in Germany and follows the extraordinary life of Franz Strasser, an artist with an amazing talent for painting portraits in the Rosenmans' style. His paintings and his relationships take him across the European continent during the birth and transformation of National Socialism through to the uprising of Hitler and the S.S.. At the heart of Franz' very being is an extraordinary desire to find his father whom he has never seen. As the Nazification of the Reich continues, will Franz succeed in his search?