Zeus the King of the Gods awakes from a little 100 year nap at the dawn of the 20th century annoyed to find he slept though the Napoleonic Wars and that a rebellious Poseidon and Ares have armed the Great Powers with devastating new weapons ready to plunge mankind into a destructive war. An incompetent bunch of Gods and Goddesses are despatched on a mission to the equally dysfunctional rulers of Europe, not quite sure whether their job is to stop the war or to start it.