ADRIAN ASHTON IS ABOUT TO FACE HIS MOMENT OF TRUTH. Set in 1994, in the period between the Soviet Union's collapse and Putin seizing power of Russia, Adrian reflects on a life cursed by childhood trauma, sexual ineptitude and unreciprocated love. Provocative, evocative and highly addictive, Weather over Mendoza follows a troubled man who mistakes love for ideology and his benefactor's ruthless genius in protecting him.

A newspaper article is set to reveal his secret past as a Soviet mole in Britain's MI6. The situation was created by the betrayal of his Soviet benefactor, with whom he had developed an unhealthy reliance.

A fast-paced, no holds barred account of late-night introspection, Adrian Ashton's tale weaves to a taut conclusion to answer a philosophical question: is Adrian the victim or the villain?