Gordon Pinner is a Soviet spy who is commissioned by the Bolsheviks in 1930, to infiltrate Paris’ extensive exiled Russian community. Above all, he must get close to Prince Kovalevski, a multimillionaire with enough power to finance an army or buy wills that could hinder the revolution that began in 1917.

Along with a beautiful and enigmatic dancer, he will discover the remains of a vanished empire, end up questioning his convictions and finally travel to Moscow and Leningrad to meet an orphan girl. This little girl could be the clue to saving his life and, at the same time, prevent Prince Kovalevski from putting his fortune at the service of those who oppose the revolution.

Nostalgic aristocrats of better times, ambitious revolutionaries, spies, enigmatic women; Seville, Paris, Moscow, Leningrad; adventures, passion, intrigue and a wide range of emotions come together in this fascinating novel in which fictional characters coexist with those who partook of an unrepeatable time.