Marley Vuorensyrja abandoned by CSIS, to an outpost in Berlin as a Liaison Officer, is left to count the days until his retirement. In his banishment he develops an unlikely friendship with Fritz Junge, an academic and fellow espionage castoff. Together they discover one of Fritz's student is a prognosticator. In a world of lies, she shines brighter than the sun, and quickly attracts the attention of not only the German far right, but the Russians. And so they have to figure out how to best protect her...which nearly costs Marley his life and creates an international incident.