Alfred Herrhausen, CEO of Deutsche Bank, has a vision to provide debt relief to the world's poorest countries, including making a deal with the nearly bankrupt Soviet Union, but his vision quickly attracts attention from all sides.

An escaped militant's attempt to claim an inheritance gives a German spy the chance to lay a trap for a Muslim scholar.

After a body is found in a staged crime scene near the German-Austrian border, two detectives are sent to investigate. They soon discover more crime scenes with posed victims that resemble pagan rituals.