<p>Canadian psychologist David Stone finds a dead body in the trunk of his car just after crossing the Canada/United States border. He doesn't know at the time the discovery is going to be the best thing that happens to him for the next eighteen hours.</p>
<p>When CIA agent Rita Brickston, dressed to kill, enters the Turkish Embassy in Bern, Switzerland she gets what she wants. A microdot. It is a microdot of great value containing the name of a Russian SVR mole inside the CIA. With only her wits and skills available, all Rita has to do is get herself and the information safely back to the United States.</p>
<p>Alexei Petrovsky is a man with an ethical code. He is also ruthless, deadly and one of the best Russian counter-intelligence has. His mission is simple. Stop Rita Brickston. What ensues is a deadly cat and mouse game that begins in Bern and leads on a crooked trail through Europe, Upstate New York and Southern Ontario to the door of David and Mary Stone and their two children. What follows for the Stone family is a perilous journey into the dark, lethal world of international espionage. A world that cares little for the lives of ordinary citizens. </p>
