 Wilson of the War Crimes Commission is seeking Franz Kindler, mastermind of the Holocaust, who has effectively erased his identity. Wilson releases Kindler s former comrade Meinike and follows him to Harper, Connecticut, where he is killed before he can identify Kindler. Now Wilson s only clue is Kindler s fascination with antique clocks; but though Kindler seems secure in his new identity, he feels his past closing in.