Fleeing post-war Europe, visionary architect Laszlo Toth returns to America to rebuild his life, his work, and his marriage to his wife Erzebet after being forcibly separated during the war by changing borders and regimes. Alone in a strange new land, Laszlo settles in Pennsylvania, where wealthy and prominent industrialist Harrison Lee Van Buren recognizes his talent for building. But power and inheritance come at a great cost.