Jonathan Payne

An unnamed mountainous country in central Europe; the end of the Great War. Citizen Orlov, a simple fishmonger, being an honest and upright citizen, is delighted to receive an unexpected invitation to join the Ministry of Security and is sent on assignment to secure a visit by the King. But he soon discovers that his ministry handler, the alluring Agent Zelle, is not whom she seems to be. Caught in a confusing web of plot and counterplot, Orlov finds himself on trial for murder.