October 1962. Nina Davenport is struggling to come to terms with her new life. The lonely wife of a preoccupied American diplomat, she has returned to the USSR at the height of an international crisis - there are nuclear missiles in Cuba; the world holds its breath. .Raised in Moscow, once a student at the Bolshoi, Nina escaped to the West - and her return is reckless at best. Now she must confront the demons of her girlhood. Hemmed in by official restraints, followed everywhere, longing to make contact with old friends, she becomes a tool for some in the American Embassy who have a hidden - and dangerous -agenda. An agenda of which her husband knows nothing ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .