With political feelings running high, Herzog and Elena fled their home country, and left behind a cipher which cannot be decoded unless the one who decodes it has a key. Now an old adversary, Alexis, has arrived at their home, with a promise. If they don't hand over the key to the cipher, the authorities back in the old country will ruin the lives of the children, mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, uncles, aunts - any relation they left behind...