When a top secret mission in Iran was compromised, and two Navy SEALs were killed, the CIA knew immediately who leaked the intel to the Iranians: KGB Agent Alexei Orlov. Years earlier the CIA had captured Orlov, accusing him of spying for Russia. After months of interrogation and investigation, he was convinced to become a double agent. It was only after he vanished that the CIA realized it had been duped. His loyalty to Russia had never faltered. Then, after nearly three years of searching, the CIA discovered him living in Constanta, Romania, spying on and rooting out Russian defectors. An alarming number of his countrymen were joining a dissident movement intent on bringing down the Romanian regime, invoking a fear that the action would spread like wild fire across Eastern Bloc countries.
Grant Stevens and Team Alpha Tango eagerly accepted the mission to bring Orlov back for prosecution, but when informed that others had been involved in the breach of security, Stevens questioned: Was A.T. being used as bait in order to entrap the spies?
Once in country, A.T. would have to avoid the Romanian secret police -- the Securitate -- and the chaos the dissidents were generating. Those dangers escalated even more when the men discovered that KGB's Spetsnaz Alpha Group was ordered to Constanta. Its mission: Find and protect Agent Orlov.