When Adam Woods gets a job as a personal assistant to the reclusive writer Gordon Crace, who has not left his Venetian palazzo for thirty years, he has no idea what a terrible surprise fate has thrown at him. He also has no idea about his striking resemblance to Krace’s former “close friend” and lodger, who died several years ago under mysterious circumstances. Adam, determined to begin his writing career by writing a biography of his mysterious owner, intends to play his “big” game. He feels like a king on the chessboard of life and does not even suspect that he is destined for a completely different role... What happens if the pawn and the king change places? Who will emerge victorious and who will be defeated?