Commander Kolchek wins a shocking victory in the Baltic Sea. When he returns he is celebrated and fatefully meets Anna, the wife of his fellow Officer.

Because of his victory in the Baltic, Kolcheck is promoted and honored, and is then ordered to fight for Constantinople. During all of this, he and Anna are growing ever closer, right under the noses of their significant others.

All seems to be in Kolcheck's favor, until the emperor Nicholas II abdicates the throne destroying the monarchy and sending Russia into turmoil. Anna and Kolcheck pine for each other and Sofya goes to Constantinople to be with her husband.

Without high command, the military and the country are in turmoil. Soldiers are rebelling against officers. The provisional government offers a political job to Kolcheck that he refuses. He wishes to continue fighting the Germans alongside America. He does not allow Anna to travel with him, and in an unfortunate turn of events, loses contact with his wife and son.

Sofya and her son go into hiding while Anna makes a mission of finding Kolcheck, who is now in Japan. Kolcheck's role there is not satisfying his need to fight for his country, so he heads to Omsk to receive a promotion unlike any other.