Cyrus Shams is lost. Ever since his mother’s plane was senselessly shot down over the Persian Gulf when he was just a baby; Cyrus has been grappling with her death. Now; newly sober; he is set to learn the truth of her life. When an encounter with a dying artist leads Cyrus towards the mysteries of his past - an uncle who rode through Iranian battlefields dressed as an Angel of Death; a haunting work of art by an exiled painter – he finds himself once again caught up in the story of his mother; who m