The fall of the Berlin Wall and the dismantling of the Soviet empire changed the world, engendered new rivalries and started a new kind of Cold War. From Paris to Moscow, from Berlin to The Hague and New York, mafia hotshots, ex-members of the Nomenklatura, powerful financial and industrial organisations, and spies from all sides are involved in a political and economic war - and the stakes are high. Alpha, a CIA agent, has taken it on himself to fight this endemic greed and corruption - even when he has to fight his own bosses.