One small, yellowed photograph of a man on horseback.

Old files from Stalin's time, mouldering in the Kremlin archives.

An Israeli Prime Minister who seems determined to throw his people into further war.

A trail of murder and terrorism across Australia, the Middle East and Europe...

Whoever holds the photograph holds the key to unlock many secrets - as Miriam Davis, a Sydney lawyer, and her journalist partner Paul Sinclair, discover when Miriam's grandfather is murdered. But what are the secrets? What does the photograph mean?

Miriam and Paul's investigation takes them to Israel, Poland, Russia - and into a game of politics and death that was set up more than fifty years before. But there are no spectators in this game, and soon that are unwitting players against an international conspiracy that will brook no opposition, will take no prisoners, and will do anything to prevent the truth emerging.