His first mistake was to discover the corpse. His second was to tell the KGB. — Duvakin is a security officer with two desperate problems. One is the naked dead American in room 852. The second is Colonel Polkovnikov of the KGB. When the KGB asked Duvakin's help, that should have been his warning. Dead Russians are one thing. Dead Americans quite another. Then, tempted by fortune and lured by power, Duvakin risks betraying his friends, his beloved Tanya, himself, and his country.