Godwin Tudor, a young English photographer recently arrived in Athens, is intrigued by the mysterious, maverick British landowner Edgar Brooke, whose vast estate dominates the island of Pyroxenia. While visiting Brooke's remote home, Godwin is enchanted by the breathtaking landscape and his host's capricious young daughter Lydia. But all is not as it seems, and inadvertently Godwin finds himself drawn into the center of a dangerous political conspiracy. As events spiral out of control, Godwin does his best to play the diplomat in a terrifying international incident, but the consequences prove more devastating than he can imagine.