A young Oxford academic and his attorney girlfriend holiday in Morocco. They bump into a Russian millionaire who owns a peninsula and a diamond watch. He wants a game of tennis. What else he wants propels the lovers on a tortuous journey to the City of London and its unholy alliance with Britain's intelligence establishment, to Paris and the Alps.

Michael and Lisa are about to lose their home when Michael finds an ancient vase. Their life seems to be turning around until bad things happen, then a mystic tells them that selling the vase has placed a curse on them.