In January 1988, Communists still rule Russia. Polish soldiers have taken
control of the Warsaw palaces. The Eastern Bloc is crumbling like hard clay, and
everyone's fighting for their own turf. Anger and suspicion sparkle like snowflakes on the
cold night air. And as Bernard Samson carries his sick companion home, his own journey
is only beginning.

As Len Deighton's superb trilogy concludes, Samson continues to peel away the mystery
surrounding his sister-in-law Tessa Kosinski's murder on the crucial night his wife, Fiona,
came back West from the cold. Once again, he's forced to confront the key relationships
in his own life, while his father's specter hovers over all, a deadly force to be reckoned with
even now. With no one he can trust, few leads, and even fewer truthful answers, Samson
doggedly traces his way back to the fateful night in Berlin when he saw Tessa get shot.