Traugott Istomin is a troubled, lonely documenter in Nazi Germany who lives through nightmarish memories of a forgotten, disturbing, and disorienting past. He joins his brother-in-law's company, Concentrated Film Inc., to forge falsified documents that are designed to trick the Allies into thinking the Nazis have much more powerful technology than they actually have. While working there, Traugott finds himself helping out a small group who have banded together to forge documentation for war refugees trying to flee Nazi Germany.
Though Traugott finds himself always in between places, and almost never in one place for long, he soon starts a small beekeeping company called: Colony Corp.