Washington,
early 1950s. The Cold War is just about to reach its climax, when the agencies
and their spies dominate politics. George Mueller works for the CIA and tries
to establish the link to a Soviet agent, something he already did in the
post-war Europe. That time, something went wrong and now again, there must be
someone informing the enemy. Mueller is on his own, a tricky mission with a lot
at stake.
A classic
espionage novel in the style of Jon le Carrés stories which revives the era of
the two opposing blocks when agents and double agents had control and nobody
knew whom to trust. Here too, we are with the protagonist who is surrounded by
old friends and suspicious colleagues and never knows if he does not rely on
the wrong person. The antagonism of the spy who feels bound to his country and,
on the other hand, also just wishes to lead a decent life with his family, is
the strongest part of this novel. The impossibility of uniting both and being endangered
constantly keep the story at any moment on a thrilling walk on a tightrope.
