Lieutenant Dylan Parish has to relocate his family to Naples, Italy, for a new military posting.  What begins with excitement soon unravels when his wife, Louise, and their son, Carter, struggle to adjust to their new life abroad.  Hoping the move would bring them closer together, Dylan instead watches his family drift apart.  Louise withdraws from home life and becomes entangled in a crime ring, eventually fleeing back to the United States. Left behind, Dylan finds comfort and companionship with his assistant, Stefania, whose presence brings hope and heartbreak as he faces a failing marriage and the challenge of raising his son from across the ocean.