Years after witnessing the death of the revered hero Maximus at the hands of his uncle, Lucius is forced to enter the Colosseum after his home is conquered by the tyrannical Emperors who now lead Rome with an iron fist. With rage in his heart and the future of the Empire at stake, Lucius must look to his past to find strength and honor to return the glory of Rome to its people.

New York, 1974: Joséphine, a French writer, interviews Thomas Edward. As the conversation progresses, she begins to suspect that he is actually Karl Hermann, a German soldier who assumed a new identity after the American landing. Karl’s life in Normandy and his passionate relationship with Martha, a French woman.