NEVER IN THE ANNALS OF INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMACY, HAVE THE HEADS OF THE TWO MOST POWERFUL INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES IN THE WORLD, COLD WAR ENEMIES, MET WITHOUT THE KNOWLEDGE OF THEIR RESPECTIVE GOVERNMENTS, TO PLOT THE ASSASSINATION OF THEIR OWN SENIOR AGENTS. AN UNKNOWN SECRET FROM THE PAST, LINKS THE TWO INTELLIGENCE OFFICERS, AND MAKES THEM POTENTIAL THREATS TO THEIR GOVERNMENTS. THE STORY FOLLOWS THE TWO AGENTS, AS THEY ROAM THE WORLD, TRYING TO ESCAPE ASSASSINS SENT BY THEIR OWN INTELLIGENCE DELEGATIONS, AND TRY TO LEARN THE REASON THEY'VE BEEN MARKED FOR EXECUTION BY THEIR OWN PEOPLE. THOMAS ADDISON, MIKHAIL ARBATOV, AND HIS PARAMOUR, KATERINA BOGDONOVICH, COMBINE THEIR TALENTS AND SKILLS IN AN ATTEMPT TO UNCOVER THE REASONS FOR THEIR DEATH SENTENCES, AND THE DETAILS OF DISTANT EVENTS THAT HAVE BRANDED THEM FOR ELIMINATION.