A secret agent evades torture in a cliff hanger mystery.

In 1990s Leningrad, a Russian man prepares to emigrate, but things don't quite go as planned—twists of fate, complex friendships, and the omnipresent KGB stand in his way.

An American college student who studies Russian history heads to St. Petersburg at the the end of the Cold War and becomes attracted to her roommate's boyfriend, a former soldier. His stories, along with her interactions with other college students, add to her experience of a tentative social environment in post-war Russia.

A Soviet soldier tasked with watching over a German atomic scientist attempts to explain the circumstances behind his mysterious escape.

When a Soviet state official attempts to coerce a celebrated poet into apologizing for a political joke he made, the official gets a taste of his own predatory medicine at the hand of the poet's vengeful wife.

As a surveillance agent watches a Muslim family, he quickly grows from suspicion to attachment. When the father of the family needs help, the agent has to decide between what he is supposed to do and what he wants to do, despite the consequences.

Two American operatives are ordered by a high-profile client to remove a dangerous and conspicuous weapon from beneath a woman’s living room in Belfast, Ireland.

How far will people go for a hit of prehistoric ecstasy?

A shipment of military munitions is hijacked, and as the NYPD look into the case, they realize that the infamous Russian mob is likely behind the heist.

A retired covert operative speaks to a class, detailing the ways he “protected” his country and how protection came at the cost of danger.