In the midst of WWI there were four men on the side of the allies: Gerard, Pierre, Charles, Emir and a squadron of soldiers far removed from the trenches of the Western Front in the Highlands of Anatolia (Turkey). Here their task is to intercept enemy cargo headed to Istanbul. Along the way they struggle against mother nature, Ottoman soldiers, and themselves. While they are not at the forefront of the march, they are at the forefront of a new century. A new world is hastily approaching on the horizon and it begs questions of right and wrong, duty and desire, the individual and community, and when it is worth it to take or to give.