An American auto worker, disillusioned with the stubborn, stagnant
inequality in America, moves his family to Russia. His letters home are
glowing arias about Stalin's New Man in Soviet Paradise. Then, suddenly,
the letters stop. Inspector Pekkala thrills again! By best selling Sam
Eastland. The world of Soviet espionage is shaken with the shocking
disappearance of Stalin's invincible Inspector Pekkala whose charred
remains are reported from the frontlines. But Stalin refuses to accept
the demise of his indomitable lieutenant and dispatches Pekkala's
assistant deep into the wild forests of Western Russia, to follow a
wilderness trail of clues, each one leading to a more tortured turn of
fate. A new enemy has emerged from the fog of war, more deadly than any
Pekkala has ever faced before. Meanwhile, Pekkala's Nemesis is closing
in for the kill.