In the autumn of 1938 Europe was on the brink of war. As Adolf Hitler prepares to invade Czechoslovakia, Neville Chamberlain's government desperately seeks a peaceful solution. As the pressure mounts, British civil servant Hugh Legat and German diplomat Paul von Hartmann travel to Munich for an emergency conference. As negotiations begin, these two old friends find themselves in the middle of a web of political deception and a very real danger. With the whole world watching them, can war be avoided, and at what cost?