In 1933 Victor Stepper arrives in Tokyo. Tall, broodingly handsome, a consummate ladies man, a brilliant journalist... and spy. His life shifts from glittering cocktail parties to coded greetings in hotel lobbies to murder in the back streets. As the world descends into war, Stepper collects information and sends it on to Moscow. Then he falls in love with Reiko, a Japanese woman. And Victor Stepper begins to fall apart....