What starts out as a simple case of economic espionage for Fritz and Sly Gantlet turns into a deadly game. Forced into an uneasy alliance with the CIA, the five Gantlet brothers must help stop a rogue Russian general from finding and activating a series of nuclear devices hidden in suitcases at “dead drop” sites throughout the United States. Worse still, behind the plot is the Gantlet’s most fearsome foe, a former East German border guard who is bent on revenge against the brothers. For Fritz, Sly, Matthias, Mitz and Otto this is one game that they cannot afford to lose–because every life in the Western world is a pawn.