Archer Sloan, a Chicago student, finds himself entangled in a high-stakes game of cat and mouse in Moscow during a time of great change, as the Soviet Union transitions from communism to a Wild West-style capitalist society.
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A young American student in Moscow finds himself entangled in a complex web of espionage and deception as the Soviet Union undergoes a tumultuous transformation from communism to capitalism.