The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand sparks unrest in the streets of Sarajevo, and tensions across Europe rise to a fever pitch as war becomes imminent. Trying to do his job in a time of lawlessness and violence, intrigues and betrayal, Leo struggles to maintain his integrity and save his love, Marija, and her father, prominent Serbian merchant. But the events of Sarajevo have set into motion an inescapable course of events that will escalate to become ... the Great War.