An International thriller. Kenneth Aubrey is arranging the defection of a E. German Civil Servent when things go terribly wrong. His defector is the son of an arch enemy in German Intelligence. His ward an officer is the recently disbanded Gurkhas is in danger. Alone, friendless and with no official status, Aubrey must uncover the Soviet operation against Nepal to save himself and Gardiner. His search takes him back to events 30 years prior, and a deadly confrontation in riot torn Kathmandu only hours before the Soviet takeover.