A British officer navigates the chaos and absurdity of the Second World War, his idealistic sense of military honour increasingly at odds with the bumbling incompetence and cynicism he encounters at every turn. Based on Evelyn Waugh's trilogy of novels, the story follows Guy Crouchback as he seeks meaningful purpose in a conflict that repeatedly frustrates and humiliates him. His Catholic faith and old-fashioned chivalric values make him an outsider in a modern war driven by bureaucracy and self-interest.