Despite his daughter's desperate plea to stay, Alfred and his friend Sigbjørn set out on an 18-month assignment on a merchant ship headed to New York.

In the wake of the war, Sigbjørn attempts to rebuild his life in Norway until a shocking letter leads him to make a fateful decision.

Ships sink and allies die, but Alfred and Sigbjørn bravely fight the threat of the German Navy while their involuntary participation in the war drags on.