Captain Yann Calec is still far from home, in French Indochina, amidst the upheaval of simmering war. He's out to shed some light on the mysterious circumstances surrounding his estranged father's death and the subsequent disappearance of the elder Calec's mistress Ha Tu. In his quest, Yann encounters a cast of colorful characters: a former war correspondent, a beguiling nightclub hostess, and his own enigmatic comprador. When a possible lead winds up dead, Yann and Souên the hostess team up to untangle a web of lies and cover-ups that only leads them deeper into the politics and history of a troubled nation.