Haunted by his father’s persecution during the 1950s communist witch hunts, Thomas Babington ‘Babe’ Levy - a young introspective Jewish student in New York - seeks refuge in his studies and long-distance running. But his quiet life is upended when his romance with a Swiss foreign-exchange student entangles him in a sinister web of deception. Drawn into a labyrinth of espionage, his mysterious brother, and a sadistic Nazi war criminal, Babe is forced to confront buried secrets, ruthless agents, and the inescapable ghosts of history.