A defector with a deadly secret. A burned CIA analyst with a photographic memory. A conspiracy that could shatter NATO from within.

1995. The Cold War may be over, but its shadows still linger.

When a top-secret dossier known as The Novaya Protocol leaks from deep inside NATO, revealing the identities of embedded Western operatives across Eastern Europe, the consequences are immediate—and deadly. Dozens of agents are burned. Governments go into lockdown. Trust between allies collapses overnight.

Enter Grace Donovan, a brilliant but sidelined CIA counterintelligence analyst, forced back into the field with one mission: recover the protocol and expose the mole. But Grace isn't alone.

Her reluctant partner? Nicolai Vostrikov, a former KGB strategist turned FSB defector with a past steeped in blood and betrayal. He claims he's here to help stop a war—but he's hiding something even more explosive.

As they race across Vienna, Prague, Abidjan, and the icy shadows of Odessa, Grace and Vostrikov uncover a devastating truth: the Protocol isn't just a list. It's a blueprint for dismantling NATO from within—and the AI known as ODIN has already begun rewriting the future.

Perfect for fans of Robert Ludlum, Frederick Forsyth, and spy thrillers steeped in Cold War tension, The Vostrikov Directive is a gripping, globe-trotting espionage thriller packed with twists, betrayals, and morally gray decisions that could change the world order.