Everyone thought he was an ordinary family man, but when Mette Frisk and Adam Jon Kronegh have to find his heirs, the reality turns out to be quite different. The Danish sailor took a big and surprising secret with him to the grave.

His mother gave him up as an infant and he spent his entire life in an institution with no contact with his family. Now he is dead, and the family that didn't want to know about him must be found. While Mette Frisk and Adam Jon Kronegh are looking for relatives, a dark chapter in Danish history unfolds.