Miriam, Derek, Ian, and Jenny are overachieving high school students doing everything by the book. Straight A's, sports, yearbook, band, and - when coursework allows - planning and executing elaborate murders.
Nine refugees fleeing the aftermath of World War 2, try to find their way home They use the only transportation available, a locked railway car on a former Nazi train. Suspicion and anger arise when they learn there is a Nazi among them.
