Kelsey Donovan searches for her father, Jake, whom she hasn't seen in over twenty years. When he finds her in a picturesque small town in New Zealand, they can't get close. Kelsey's father works as a professional treasure hunter in New Zealand and also organizes diving courses for tourists with Dillon Ward. Kelsey doesn't like her father treating the handsome Dillon like he's his son. When Jake is nearly killed in a diving accident, father and daughter finally seem to bond. When Kelsey and Dillon begin to grow fond of each other, Jake isn't thrilled.
Julia Whitman and her daughter Jody flee their husband and father’s violence to a doomsday paradise. Julia meets Matthey Haley in New Zealand and falls in love despite her inner resistance. However, the shadows of the past will not let you forget. Julia's ex-husband, Charles, who follows in the footsteps of his wife and daughter, shows up on the island.
Colonel Mortimer's son Gregory, his pride and joy, returns to the ancestral Cornish estate by the sea for the summer after loosing that year's only Horse Guards officer promotion to his neighbor-buddy Eric. By ancestral tradition, that means another delay too for his long-planned marriage with neighbor's daughter Rebecca, who already doubts if the are actually in love. Mortimer's new housekeeper Elisabeth proves irresistible for father (platonically) and son, but is held back by a family secret concerning her late mother Catherine. Eric also has a confession to make.
Vasily Zaitsev é um jovem atirador russo que, convencido por um companheiro político, torna-se o ícone da propaganda russa em plena 2ª Guerra Mundial. A fama de Vasily o torna uma lenda viva para o exército russo e desperta também a atenção do exército nazista, que envia seu melhor atirador de elite com o objetivo de matar aquele que se tornou a esperança de toda a Rússia.
O francês Abel Tiffauges é um homem ingênuo que vive uma vida simples trabalhando como um mecânico. Falsamente acusado de ser um pedófilo, ele é recrutado como soldado no início da Segunda Guerra Mundial, mas logo é capturado e levado ao coração da Alemanha nazista.
