 An Eastern Bloc intelligence operative has been arrested for the assassination of a U.S. senator. Briggs must prove the operative did not kill the senator on behalf of his government. Indeed, the main suspect is the senator s main financial backer, who is anxious to turn the Cold War into a hot one. In a complicated plan, Briggs & Co. must spring the intelligence operative out of jail and manipulate the financial backer. But, before the plan plays out, there s a twist that even Briggs doesn t anticipate.