A deep-cover CIA agent races across Europe to save the daughter he never knew in this electrifying debut thriller an international sensation billed as "Homeland meets Stieg Larsson" that heralds the arrival of a new master.Early 1980s, Damascus. A nameless American spy abandons his newborn child to an uncertain fate. His inability to forgive himself for what he has done leads him on a lifelong quest to escape his past that will take him to Lebanon, Afghanistan, Iraq anywhere where the danger and the stress allow him to forget.Thirty years later, EU aide Klara Walldeen is learning to navigate the world of politics the lines between friend and enemy, truth and lies. But Klara has just seen something she should not have: a laptop containing information so sensitive that people will kill to keep it hidden. Suddenly she is thrown into a terrifying chase through Europe, with no idea who is hunting her or why.Their stories converge one stormy Christmas Eve in the Swedish archipelago, where blood is spilled, shocking discoveries are made, and the past inevitably catches up with the present.