1968 The height of the Arab-Israeli conflict. Experienced Mossad agent Nathaniel Dickstein is tasked with stealing enough uranium to make an atomic bomb, and puts together an elegant, meticulously thought-out plan to kidnap and spoof the merchant ship Coparelli, carrying a large shipment of uranium ore. However, The operation is in danger: Nathaniel's old acquaintance, the Egyptian intelligence officer Yasif Hassan, recognized him quite by accident... And then begins a duel between the aces of international espionage, equally brilliant in their difficult craft, a duel, the outcome of which is completely unpredictable, and a lot depends on the result...