November 1945. John Russell is walking home through the grey streets of post-war London when his old accomplice, Soviet agent Yevgeny Shchepkin, falls into step alongside him. Shchepkin informs Russell that his masters in Moscow have decided it's time to pay them back for having secured his safe passage from Moscow in the last days of the war. Russell must return to Berlin to spy on his erstwhile colleagues in the German Communist Party, reporting on any aberration from the Stalinist party line. Worse, he is ordered to offer his services to the Americans ? in short, to become a double agent on Stalin's payroll. But Russell knows all too well how short the life expectancy of a double agent is. Together with Shchepkin, who after years of devotion has finally lost his faith in the Soviet project, he hatches a plan to gain his freedom. It's a dangerous scheme. In a world fuelled by paranoia and on the edge of a new, 'cold' war, Russell will need all his wits ? and some luck ? to survive. REVIEWS: 'Excellent and evocative' - The Times 'Think Robert Harris and Fatherland mixed with a dash of Le Carre' - Sue Baker 'An extraordinary evocation of Nazi Germany' - C.J. Sansom 'Exciting and frightening all at once? it's got everything going for it' - Julie Walters 'An outstanding thriller... This series is a quite remarkable achievement' - Mike Ripley, Shots Magazine
