As plans are made for a controversial Iranian author to make a rare public appearance in Copenhagen, three separate and lonely lives suddenly find themselves on a collision course. Lise, a successful arts journalist trying to smooth over the cracks in a failed marriage; Per, a crack memeber of Denmark's secret service, a lone wolf; and Vuk, a highly skilled political assassin who has lost everything in the bloody collapse of the former Yugoslavia. Trapped in a world of secret deals and private passions, organized crime and uncontrolled media frenzy, Lise, Per, and Vuk struggle to confront a tainted past, a compromised present, and an extremely uncertain future. One man protects an author, while another signs up for murder. Translated from the Danish by Barbara J. Haveland.
