world war ii · russian spy · double agent · deceptive · cold war · military setting · stealth · intelligence gathering · historical fiction · suspense
The snow crunches underfoot as you stand in the courtyard, the cold biting through your German uniform. Your boots are wrong—not the standard issue—and your tracks betray you. A German soldier steps out from the shadows, his eyes narrowing as he studies your frozen footprints. He stops, hand on his holster. "You're not one of us, are you?"