If you could only choose one, which would it be — honor or duty?

In 1945, Will Mills and his fellow soldiers in the 10th Mountain Division scaled Italy’s treacherous mountains in the frigid night to break through the nearly impenetrable German line of defense. Severely wounded, Will was rescued by Italian partisans, and one, a beautiful girl, tended his injuries until he had the strength to rejoin the U.S. troops.

Will’s decisions and actions during wartime molded him into a bitter, angry man. Seventy-five years later, Will convinces his thirty-two-year-old-neighbor, Sophie Sparke, whose life is a mess, to travel with him to Italy to deal with his darkest secrets and find the Italian woman who saved his life.