An artifact is stolen from a sunken German battleship. An object of Patriotic pride is swapped for a forgery. Four pieces of military history are not what they seem. There are more questions than answers. The case is dropped on a police detective’s lap after he investigates arson at a metallurgical casting company, and finds there is more there than charred bones and burned building. While investigating these crimes, Bruce Jorgensen will have to travel to Virginia several times in an effort to pull all the loose threads together while trying to rescue his girlfriend from the clutches of a man that has killed mercilessly in the past. The story escalates as they confront one another with innocent lives in the balance.