Chapter 1-7 Summary

Tony Abrams and Patrick O'Brien meet on May 1 at the Rockefeller Center, and what begins as a casual discussion of Abrams' background becomes an interview for an operation that is planned to take place in a Russian embassy-owned mansion in Glen Cove, Long Island. Abrams, a former NYPD detective from a Russian immigrant family, is well-suited to the job. The stakes are high for the operation: O'Brien hints that the Russians are planning a major strike against the U.S.

Next door to the Russian mansion, George Van Dorn, O'Brien's partner, is throwing a party to provoke the Russians next door who are celebrating May Day with a party of their own, catered by Karl and Maggie Roth, two suspicious and nervous Americans working for the Russians. Peter Thorpe, a CIA operative and friend of Van Dorn's, arrives at the American...