TOTAL RECALL follows VI Warshawski on a road that winds back more than fifty years - and into an intricate maze of wartime lies, heartbreaking secrets and harrowing retribution. The journey begins with a national conference in downtown Chicago, where angry protestors are calling for the recovery of Holocaust assets. Replayed on the evening news is the scene of a slight man who has stood up at the conference to tell an astonishing story of a childhood shattered by the Holocaust - a story that has devastating consequences for VI's cherished friend and mentor, Lotty Herschel.