Audio Book Description:
Early one morning in West Berlin, a nervous courier delivers the handwrittenmanuscript of adissident Russian novel to Paul Christopher. Minutesafter teh handoff, the courier`s spine is neatly snappedby an impact with a passing black sedan. Meanwhile, in Rome, Christopher`s wife Cathytakes a famous film director asa lover to stir her husband outof the stoicism that defines his personality. These two seemingly discreet eventsset in motion a spiral of operational and personal intrigue, leading Christopher from the cafes of old Europe to the front lines of theCold War in the Congo. As he secretly arranges the publication of a novel that could bring the Soviet system to its knees, he races to identify theleak that compromised his messenger-and possibly the entire mission.
