November 1941, freelance news photographer Jane Todd and Scotland Yard detective Inspector Morse black are recruited by Wild Bill Donovan of the oss. Their orders are to trace an artifact rumored to exist from the bloody days of the Bolshevik Revolution. The missing Relic May hold the key to fortune or destroy the balance of power in the war that is sure to involve the US. As the Long Cold Trail heats up for Jane and black, clothes on their heels is a brutal Nazi assassin, a mysterious Countess with the very shady past, and a lethal charm and head of nkvd operations in america.