Susan Fitzroy is in Sweden, where her adopted father is filling in for the American ambassador. The most exciting prospect on her agenda is the Nobel Prize ceremony. But her quiet life in Stockholm is disrupted when the mysterious Orion, a secretive anti-terror agent, contacts her with another job. The ‘simple task’ he describes turns into something much more complex and before long Suzan is deeply involved in a conspiracy that has links to her past - and to her heart.