It started as a simple spy hunt. It became a desperate
battle to save the west. For forty years Western
intelligence agents have known a terrible secret: the
Russians have a mole code-named Talbot inside the CIA. At
first Talbot is suspected of killing European agents. Then a
street-smart ex-cop uncovers a storm of espionage and murder
on the streets of New York, while in a Long Island suburb a
civic demonstration against the Russian mission masks a
desperate duel of nerves and wits. Engineered by Talbot, a
shadow world of suspicion and deceit is spilling onto the
streets leading to a new Soviet weapon and a first-strike
war plan threatening the foundations of American government.
For the U.S., time is running out. For Talbot, the time is now.