British Prime Minister Francis Urquhart is still holding onto power with an iron grip, but he is now 65-years old and knows his reign cannot last forever. Before he goes, however, he is determined to leave his mark on the world and become the greatest Prime Minister since Winston Churchill. Brokering a historic settlement between Greek and Turkish Cyprus could seal his reputation as an international peacemaker. All that remains to be settled are the sea boundaries. A Turkish Cypriot businessman, who reveals the existence of massive oil reserves in the disputed waters, promises Urquhart a handsome consultancy fee for a favorable outcome. But just as his future looks assured, the past, which Urquhart assumed had been left dead and buried in Cyprus when he was a young man, threatens to re-emerge and destroy him.
