It begins in Sweden. A low-level defection by a Russian sailor in Stockholm
coincides with the theft of top secret data at a high-level Soviet-American
conference in Malmö. At stake is a sophisticated computer virus potentially
more lethal than any biological plague known to man.

From Paris to Copenhagan to Washington to the Vatican, two adversaries
once more find themselves on opposite sides: Henry McGee, the traitorous,
seemingly indestructible double agent, and Devereaux - code name November -
waging his own personal, deadly war for - and against - both the CIA and the KGB.