Assignment: Lili Lamaris

Sam Durell was flying to Rome to take the place of a dead man. Another agent for the C.I.A. had been cut down by the enemy. He had been found in a back alley, his blind eyes staring up at the brilliant Italian sun.

Well, Durell thought, it was simply the business they were in. The profit-and-loss factor in an international game called The Cold War.

He hadn't been briefed yet on his assignment. But he did know one thing—he was being followed. That meant the killer was now on his trail. That also meant that his only contact, Lili Lamaris, was in deadly danger.