CIA Agent Harry Lerner has seen better days. When assigned a mission to Cuba to investigate a communist relic from the cold war, Harry feels it is just the latest indication that he is now less important to the world of international espionage than ever. Once in Havana, Harry abandons his mission to indulge in a night of romance with a mysterious local woman. When Harry returns to Langley, however, it becomes all too clear just how important the Cuban mission was. Now, rather than try to resolve an international incident threatening to spark a new World War, he's using every trick in his spy book to save his job, and he's never worked this hard in his life.