XVIII siècle. Janosik a passé sa jeunesse dans l'armée et il a été confronté à la violence, à la cruauté et à l'injustice. En rentrant chez lui, il rejoint une bande de brigands. Intrépide, charismatique et guerrier habile, il s'impose très vite comme leur chef. Volant les riches pour redistribuer aux plus démunis, magnanime, laissant la vie sauve à ses victimes, il devient rapidement très populaire dans la région. Mais son insolent succès réveille des haines et des jalousies : désormais, son existence est menacée....

This harrowing tale of survival centers on Rose, a Masurian woman, whose German soldier husband was killed in the war, leaving her alone on their farm. A single woman had no defense against Russian soldiers who raped as a form of revenge, nor against plundering Poles who found themselves in desperate straits. Help arrives for Rose in the form of Tadeusz, a former officer in the Polish Home Army who deserted after he saw his wife raped and murdered by Russian troops and is attempting to hide his identity.

After many controversies Poland's biggest military intelligence and counter-intelligence agency (commonly known as WSI) is liquidated, but its place is immediately taken by a new, secret military organization. Forced to deal with obscure cases, Its three members soon begin to doubt both their mission and the people they work for.