When disaffected KGB major Erich Stinnes is spotted inMexico City, British intelligence agent Bernard Samson must entice him to takethe final step and defect. With his domestic life in shambles and his careerheading towards disaster, Bernard needs to prove his re­liability. And he knowsStinnes already: Bernard had been interrogated by him in East Berlin. But now,Bernard risks being entangled in a lethal web of old loyalties and oldbetrayals.

All he knows for sure is that he has to get Stinnes forLondon. Who's pulling the strings is another matter.