Julija, the trusting daughter of the chief of Sarajevo police, becomes the unwitting accomplice of the man who sparks the First World War by assassinating Archduke Franz Ferdinand. As more and more nations join the conflict Julija must face the part she played in causing the ever-increasing loss of human life. Searching for redemption Julija dedicates herself to the care of wounded soldiers and, in a wretched field hospital on the Gallipoli peninsular, meets the one man who can finally help her understand why she has been eternally cursed for the sins of her past.