1980s Damascus.
A nameless American spy abandons his newborn child to an uncertain fate. Thirty years later, a young Swedish EU Parliament employee named Klara Walldéen discovers sensitive information about torture at American black sites.
In Brussels, an opportunistic Swedish lobbyist has been assigned an unpleasant client: a CIA team tasked with tracking down a young EU employee. And one nameless spy has just learned of his daughter's existence. And her imminent capture by his own people...