Parker has only one week. A friend, a political veteran in Schleswig-Holstein, has invited him to Kiel to support the young, promising politician Mahler as a media advisor and speechwriter. Parker needs success, a contract, the money. And he needs a fresh start. Thanks to a bestseller on coaching, Parker became an internationally renowned rhetoric expert, even participating in Obama's presidential campaign. But that was a long time ago. On a personal level, Parker has also reached a turning point. Having fled from his origins and past in Hamburg to the USA as a student, he, as a globally networked work nomad, continuously escapes from too much closeness in his personal life. His last girlfriend kicked him out for this reason. And now in Kiel, Anneli Schneider, the ambitious and battle-tested staff member, poses a challenge.