<p>In 1943, Anya Pavlovitch, a Russian expatriate working for the U.S. War Department, is asked to return to Shanghai, a city that holds painful memories and is currently occupied by Japanese forces. She must accompany a misogynistic Naval Intelligence Officer, Macdonald 'Mac' Benson, recruited by the OSS. Mac Benson, a field operative pulled back to Washington after a mishap, is determined to reclaim himself and avoid the confinement of a desk job. In Shanghai, Anya reunites with people from her past while Mac associates with unscrupulous characters, one in particular who holds the key to Anya&#39;s past. Her shenanigans put the two at odds. When the head of Shanghai&#39;s opium trade kidnaps Mac, Anya must musters the courage to rescue him and redeem herself.</p>