Michael Hamilton wants to escape the memories of the horrors of the orphanage he was raised in, the battlefields of World War ll, and a marriage to a heartless woman. Alicia Conroy desperately wants to find a way out of a life of torment and anguish. When the two fall in love after a chance meeting, it becomes clear that if they are to escape their nightmares and be together, someone must die. It will be a gift of death.