In post-war Germany, liberation by the Allies does not mean freedom for everyone. Hans is repeatedly imprisoned under Paragraph 175, which criminalizes homosexuality. Over the decades, he develops an unlikely bond with his cellmate Viktor.

Britain is under the grip of a brutal totalitarian regime but while the people live in wilful ignorance of their lack of basic freedoms one man is determined to bring about revolution and wreak vengeance on those that created him. Taking Guy Fawkes as his inspiration V sets in motion a chain of bloody and explosive events designed to bring the government to its knees and provide the populace with an opportunity to seize back their free will, should their apathy and fear allow them. Adapted fr find out more...