BERLIN 1949: A CITY STILL IN RUINS ALMOST FOUR YEARS AFTER THE WAR CAUGHT BETWEEN THE POLITICAL IDEALISM AND THE HARSH REALITIES OF SOVIET OCCUPATION. ESPIONAGE LIKE THE BLACK MARKET I STILL A WAY A LIFE. ALEX MEIER IS A YOUNG JEWISH WRITER WHO FLED THE NAZIS FOR AMERICA BEFORE THE WAR. NOW THE POLITICS OF HIS YOUTH HAVE PUT HIM IN THE CROSSHAIRS OF THE MACCARTHY WHICH HUNTS. FACED WITH DEPORTATION AND THE LOST OF HIS FAMILY. ALEX MAKES A DESPERATE BARGAIN WITH FLEDGING CIA: HE WILL EARN HIS WAY BACK TO AMERICA BY ACTING AS THEIR AGENT IN HIS NATIVE BERLIN.
